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Aphiochxta flava Fallen, larvae on Agaricus (Schiner). 



Aphiochxta fungicola Coquillett, from the fungus Trametes pecki (Coquillett). 



Aphiochxta lutea Meigen, larvge on Agaricus (Schiner). 



Aphiochxta agarici Lintner, on decaying mushrooms (Lintner). 



Aphiochxta pusilla Meigen (=nigra Meigen), in Agaricus prunulus (Schiner). 



Aphiochxta pulicaria Fallen, in nest of Vespa germanica (Van der Wulp) ; from Agaricus 



(Schiner). 

 Aphiochxta viinor Zetterstedt (=minuta, Aldrich), bred from cocoons of Cimbex 



americana (Aldrich). In mushrooms (Howard). This last record is incorrect 



as the identification is wrong. 

 Aphiochxta rujipes Meigen, quite a general feeder, Brunetti (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1889). 



In nest of Vespa germanica Newstead (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1861). From larva of 



Nernatus salicis (Fitch). On turnip leaves, and in bee hives (Malloch). Speci- 

 mens here in collection marked "On dead bees." 

 Aphiochxta scalaris Loew. (See under description of species.) 

 Aphiochxta conica Malloch, from abdomen of Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Pergande). 



In collection. 

 Aphiochxta aletix Comstock. (See under description.) 

 Aphiochxta juli Brues, Parasitic on myriapods. (See description.) 

 Aphiochxta cata Melander and Brues, and rostrata Melander and Brues. Collected 



about the burrows of the bee Halictus pruinosics (Melander and Brues). 

 Aphiochxta (?) atlantica Brues, on rotting Aletix pupa. (In collection.) 

 Aphiochxta evarthx Malloch, from beetle Evarthus ovatus (in collection). From 



dead Polyphilla (in collection). Reared from fungi (Johnson). 

 Aphiochxta setacea Aldrich, from cocoon of Cimbex ainericana (Aldrich). 

 Aphiochxta humeralis Zetterstedt, found on poplar where a species of Coccinellidae 



was abundant (Malloch). 

 Conicera atra Meigen, on exhumed human bodies. On corpse two years after burial 



(Webster, 1890). 

 Phora aterrima Fabricius, on buried huihan bodies (Megnin, 1895). 

 Metopina pachycondylx Brues, as commensals with the ant Pachycondyla harpax 



Fabricius (Wheeler). 

 Syneura cocciphila Coquillett, from larva infesting heads of adults of Icerya purchasi 



(Coquillett); one specimen evidently of the same species on I. braziliensis. 

 Puliciphora venata ' Aldrich, on dead shells (H. H. Smith). 

 Pidiciphora lucifera Dahl, on flowers of giant ArxLVi that smell like carrion. 

 Platyphora lubbocki Verrall, Myrmecophiloua (Verrall). 

 Plastophora formicarum Verrall, Myrmecophilous (Verrall). 

 Plastophora antiguensis Malloch, attacking Solenopsis geminata. 

 Plastophora crawfordi Coquillett, attacking Solenopsis geminata (Crawford). 

 Plastophora curriei Malloch, attacking Solenopsis geminata (Currie). 

 Psyllomyia testacea Loew, Myrmecophilous with Dorylus (Brues). 

 Commoptera solenopsidis Brues, Myrmecophilous with Solenopsis geminata (Brues). 

 Edtomyia wheeleri Brues, Myrmecophilous with Eciton (Brues). 

 jEnigmatias blattoides Meinert, Myrmecophilous (Meinert). 



Aconstistoptera melanderi Brues, Myrmecophilous with Eciton opacithorax (Brues). 

 Xanionotum hystrix Brues, Myrmecophilous with Eciton spp. (Brues). 

 Wandolleckia cookii Brues, on land molluscs (Achatina) (Cook). 

 Schulz records^ Phoridse attacking butterflies of the genera Morpho and Helicopsis in 



Brazil. 



1 See under specific descriptions. * Zool. Anz., vol. 28, 1904, pp. 42-43. 



