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Family RHYPHID.^. 



These are known as "false crane flies," differing in the smaller size 

 and broader, spotted wings. They often come into houses, and the 

 larvas live in water, rotten wood or excrementitious matter. They are 

 of no economic importance. 



RHYPHUS Latr. 



R, alternatus Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Morris Plains VI, 25, Riverton III, 20, 

 Clementon V, 30 (Jn); Merchantville VI, 26 (Dke). 



R. punctatus Fab. Palisades (Lv) ; Monmouth County (Sm); Delair X. 

 5 (Dke); Camden XII, 8 (Kp); Westville (Jn). 



R. fenestraiis Scop. Camden VIII, 12 (Jn). 



Family STRATIOMYIDiE. 



Known as "soldier flies" from their yellow bands and stripes. Usually 

 they are somewhat depressed or even much flattened, especially the 

 abdomen, over which the wings are laid flat and overlapping each other. 

 The mouth parts are developed for lapping only, and the adults are 

 always found among flowers. The antennae vary in shape, and may be 

 short or of quite moderate length, but always the third joint is compound, 

 and often has an arista. 



The larvae vary greatly in habit, from predatory to feeders upon excre- 

 ment, living or dead vegetable matter, on land or in water; some of them 

 have been even found in salt or alkaline water. 



None are of economic importance. 



ALLOGNOSTA O. S. 



A. f uscitarsis Say. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark VI, 15, Anglesea V, 27 (Jn) ; 



New Brunswick (Sm) ; Trenton V, 21 (Hk). 

 A. obscuriventris Loew. Culver's Lake V, 29 (Coll) ; Westville VI, 15 



(Jn) ; Ocean Co. V (Sm) ; Clementon V, 30 (Hk) ; Anglesea V, 30 



(W). 



ACTINA Meigen. (BERIS Latr.) 



A. viridis Say. New Brunswick, Ocean Co. (Sm) ; Ashland V, 30, Clemen- 

 ton V, 30 (Hk). 



HERMETIA Latr. 



H. illucens Linn. Trenton VII, 7 (Hk). 



PTECTICUS Loew. 



P. sackeni Will, (testaceus O. S., not Fab.) New Brunswick VIII, 21 

 (Sm); Dunnfield VII, 15, Riverton VII, 16, Westville VII, 2 (Jn); 

 Brown's Mills VIII, 30, bred from fungus (Dke). 



P. trivittatus Say. (similis Will.) Dunnfield VII, 8, Riverton VI, 20, VII, 

 3, Westville VIII. 8. 



