Family 14. LEPTID/C. S/lipe FllCS. So named from some kinds which have long bills. They are 

 sluggish flies, met in tall grass or bushes, preying on other insects. Their larva- live in the ground in decaying 

 A'ood, moss or water. 



LEPTIS. Snipe Fly. 



Z. ornata, $ in. ; black ; edges of chest, of rings of body, and the legs, yellow. 



Z (c/irvsopila) thoracica. -fa in. ; black; chest with golden hair; body with silver spots on each side. 



Z. albicornis. T 7 T in. ; yellow, with three brown stripes on chest ; body with triangular spot on each ring. 



Z. (chrysopila) velutina. -fa in.; deep velvet black ; wing smoky. 





; slate gray, with while stripes ; body yellow and black, 

 chest brown ; body orange ; wing with brown bands. 

 black ; edges of chest, rings and legs yellow. Like a small Z. ornata. 

 in. ; yellow, with three brown stripes on chest and bands on body ; wing with a square 



. ; brown, with yellow bands on body and legs ; wing brown. 



in.; blackish brown ; wing with brown spots and point, 

 lead gray ; wing witli brown stripes, 

 brownish black. 



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