216 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



S. scoparia nearctica Parker, 16-422 {S. scoparia Aldrich, 16-214 



and 302). 

 Me.— 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. N. H.— 15. Vt.— 17, 19. June 21- 



Sept. 8. 

 Mass.— 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32. Conn.— 35. June 14-Sept. 



23. 



S. securifera Villeneuve. 



Mass. — Worcester («S. T. Oxton). 



S. sinuata Meigen (Sarcotachinella intermedia Townsend). 

 Me.— 8. N. H.— 11, 12. Vt.— 19. June 11-Sept. 17. 

 Mass.— 26, 27, 28, 32. R. I.— 33. Conn.— 35. June l-Sept.23. 



S. uliginosa Kramer, 08-152. 



AIass. — IMelrose Highlands Laborator}^, May 13, 1908 (reared) ; 



North Saugus, Sept. 29, 1909, and Lunenburg, July 14, 1914 



(see Aldrich, 16-165). 



Calliphoridae. 



Phorminae. 



Cochliomyia Townsend, 15-646. 



C. macellaria (Fabricius). The Screw-worm Flj-. 



Me.— 10. N. H.— 15. Vt.— 21. June 21-Sept. 3. 



Mass.— 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. Conn.— 34, 35. July 14-Oct. 9. 



Protocalliphora Hough. 



P. splendida form splendida Macquart (P. metallica Townsend? 

 19-379; P. chrysorrhea of authors, not Meigen). The Blood- 

 sucking Larva Fly. 



Me.— 1, 8. N. H.— 11, 14, 15. Aug. 29-Sept. 8. 



Mass.— 27, 29. R. I.— 33. Conn.— 34, 35. Apr. 19-Sept. 29. 



P. splendida form sialis Shannon and Dobrosck}', 24-251 (P. 



azurea of authors, not Fallen), 

 N. H.— White Mts. {Morrison)', Peterboro, Aug. 29, 1924 (C. F. 



Batchelder). 

 Mass.— Wellesley, Aug. 10 {E. F. Everett); Blue Hill (Banks); 



Sherborn, May 4 (E. J. Smith). Conn. — Stafford, Aug. 24 



(Britton). 



P. splendida form aenea Shannon and Dobroscky, 24-251. 

 N. H. — Franconia {Mrs. Slosson). 



The larvae of this species are parasitic on nestling bluebirds, 

 robins, brown thrashers, etc. 



P. hirudo var. cuprea Shannon and Dobroscky, 24-235. 

 ]\Iass. — Near INIiddleboro (J. S. Pfeil). From maggots in the 

 neck of a sparrow, pupa Aug. 3, imago Aug. 12, cf 9 . 



