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pointed, the head moderately large, antennae short, mouth parts pro- 

 longed into a beak projecting downward and backward, legs rather long 

 and slender. Some of the species are densely hairy, with contrasting 

 golden yellow and black or brown markings. They are predatory in 

 habit, but rather sluggish in motion. The larvte are also predatory, and 

 live under widely-varying conditions. 



XYLOPHAGUS Meigen. 



X. persequus Walk. Caldwell (Cr); Clementon IV, 22 (Dke). 



X. lugens Loew. Caldwell (Cr) ; Palisades IV, under chestnut bark (Lv); 

 Riverton IV, 17 (Jn) ; Woodbury IV, 29 (Kp). 



X. abdominalis Loew. Riverton; the larvje and pupae were found be- 

 neath the bark of a dead pine 111, 20: imagoes emerged IV, 5 and 8 

 (Jn); Grenloch V, 6 (W). 



XYLOMYIA Rond. 



X. pallipes Say. New Brunswick VI, iO, Lahaway VII, G (Sm); National 



Park VI. :;. Westville VI, 30 (Dke). 

 X. tenthredinoides V. d. W. Ft. Lee VI, 23 (Dke); Wenonah VI, 23 (Hk). 



DIALYSIS Walker. 



D. rufithorax Say. Trenton Vll. 3 (Hk); Westville VI, 6, Merchantville 



VI. 28. 

 D. elongata Say. Dunnfield VII, 12, Jamesburg VII, 4. 



LEPTIS Fab. 



L. punctipennis Say. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, IG, Westville VI, 6, 



Clementon V, 30. 

 L. plumbea Say. New Brunswick (Sm). 

 L. mystacea Macq. Palisades V, 24 (Lv) ; Dover VI, 18, Woodbury IV, 30, 



Clementon V, 30 (Jn) ; New Brunswick (Sm). 

 L. hirta Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 15. 

 L. ochracea Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap VII, 8-15. 

 L. scapularis Loew. "New Jersey" (Bt). 



CHRYSOPILA Macq. 



C. ornata Say. Dover VI, 18, Newark VI, 16 (Jn) ; Palisades V, 30 (Lv) ; 

 Trenton VII, 9 (Coll). 



C. thoracica Fab. Dover VI, 17, Newark VI, 13 (Jn) ; Orange Mts., Angle- 

 sea VII, 25 (Sm). 



C. fasciata Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, 14, Newark VI, 15, Westville VII, 2 

 (Jn); Trenton VII, 7( Hk). 



C. quadrata Say. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15, Ft. Lee; Atco VII, 12, Riverton 

 VI, 15, Anglesea VI, 11. 



