III. SUB -ORDER PUPIPARA. 



LOUSE FLIES AND TICKS. 



Family 31. HIPPOBOSCID/E. Louse Flies and Ticks. This and the next two families differ from all 

 flies mentioned before by having no larva state. The female instead of laying eggs, gives birth to the pupa from 

 which the insect emerges. 



HIPPOBOSCA. Louse Fly. Forest Fly. 



II 'it li fire reins in their u'ings. 



1. //. ci/uina. ]/ in.; bright rust yellow; chest chestnut; feet black. Nestles in the hair of 



the horse. 



2. ff. bubonis. 3/y in. ; horn color with reddish tinge and black hairs; feet and tail-end black. 



Lives on the owl. 



LIPOPTENA. Deer Tick. 



Lives in his wingless state on the deer, and with developed wings on the partridge. With three length-veins 

 in the wing. L. cervi on the deer; Ornithomyia palliila on the partridge. 



ORNITHOMYIA. Bird Louse Fly. 



1. O. nebitlosa. -^ in. ; yellow head; chest reddish brown with yellow spot on shoulder, and three stripes ; 



body pale brown with black hair. 



2. O. pall ida. \ in.; chest pale yellow ; body pale brown ; legs white on partridge. 



3. O. confluent. ''s in. ; reddish brown. 



4. O. fuscivcutris. ^ in. ; chest honey yellow : body brown ; legs green. 



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