THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 803 



T. picturata Snow. Avalon VII, 8 (Hk). 



T. albiceps Loew. Caldwell (Cr); "New Jersey" (Bt). 



T. clathrata Loew. Riverton VII, 19. 



T. platyptera Loew. Merchantville V, 26 (Dke) ; Clementon V, 30 (Hk). 



T. fucata Fab. Wildwood VIII, 12, Cape May VIII, 1 (Vk). 



EUARESTA Loew. 



E. bella Fitch. Caldwell (Cr) ; New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sin); James- 

 burg VII, 4, Atco VII, 9, Clementon VI, 8 (Jn). 



E. festiva Loew. Trenton IX, 7 (Hk) ; Westville VIII, 13, 28. 



E. aequalis Loew. Trenton IX, 7 (Hk) ; Lucaston X, 15 (Dke); West- 

 viile VIII, 28 on "Ambrosia artemisiaefolia," Anglesea IX, 1. 



E. subpura Johns. Wildwood VIII (Jn) ; Anglesea VIII (Sin). 



URELLIA Desv. 



U. abstersa Loew. Riverton VII, 18 (div) ; Avalon VII, 22 (Jn) ; Angle- 

 sea IX, 5 (Dke). 



U. mevarna Walk, (solaris Loew.) Penbryn VIII, 2 (Dke); Egg Har- 

 bor VII, 10 (Coll) ; Cape May VI, 22. 



Family MICROPEZIDyE. 



Flies slender or very slender, with large wings and long legs, antennae 

 variable, face retreating in profile. The larval habits are not definitely 

 known. 



CALOBATA Meigen. 



C. antennipes Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, Princeton VII, 21, Jamesburg VII, 

 4 (Jn); Collingswood VII, 17 (CG). 



C. lasciva Fab. Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); Atlantic City VII (Jn) ; Angle- 

 sea (W). 



C. univitta Walk. Princeton VII, 21 (Jn) ; Cramer Hill V, 30 (CG). 

 C. alesia Walk. New Jersey V (A E S). 



Family 



"The flies belonging to this family are usually small, black and 

 elongated, with the abdomen narrowed at the base, thickened and curved 

 downward toward the extremity; with transparent, iridescent wing, 

 usually hyaline, but often with a spot or spots toward the end, and are 

 usually observed about decaying vegetables, excrement, cheese, ham, 

 etc., often in swarms. The flies, for the greater part, run about actively, 

 and are quick in flight. The best known are the species of 'Piophila,' 

 the larvae of which are known as 'cheese-mites.' These larvae live in 



