TACHINA. Sn-ift Fly. Continued. 



Cassidomyia. Prevs on the helmet beetle. 

 Hyalomyia. Preys on leaf beetles. 

 Ocyptera. Feeds on bugs. 

 Chartophila floralis. Prevs on wasps' nests. 



IDIA. Mouth Fly. 



i. /. I'iriJis. '4 in. ; bron/e green, with black legs. 



MUSCID/C. Common Flies. Their larva- live in decaying meat, sores, decaying vegetable or animal 

 matter, manure, etc. 



STOMOXYS. Stinging or Stable Fly. 



i. .S'. parasita. J'IT in. ; gray, blackish brown above ; red spots on first rings of body ; feeler 

 strongly comb-like. 



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2. S. calcitrans. -f^ in. ; gray, with black stripes on chest, and a band and four black spots 



on body ; teeler hair feathery on one side. Both have long snouts. . . 



SARCOPHAQA. Flesh Fly. 



The eggs of this fiv hatch within the female, and it deposits the living young maggots on dead animals, 

 meat, etc. 



1. S. n-('t>/yjHa. '.' in.; blue gray, with black stripes on chest; body white, gray and black 



chequered ; legs black ; tail-end reddish. 



2. S. carnaria. 1 A i". ; like la^t, but tail-end black. The males of both are much smaller : /- ' 



about 5 8 in. 



