THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 761 



Family LONCHOPTERID.E. 



The "spear-winged" flies, characterized by the pointed wings that in- 

 duced the common name. They occur near water courses, and little is 

 known of them or their habits. Only two species have been collected in 

 New Jersey. 



LONCHOPTERA Meig. 



L. lutea Panz. New Brunswick VII, 20 (Sm) ; Westville VII, 4, Anglesea 



VII, 19 (Jn). 

 L. riparia Meig. Ocean Co. V (Sm); Manumuskin X, 20 (Dke). 



Family PHORID.^. 



Small, hunch-back flies, with large, broad wings, often observed run- 

 ning about on fallen leaves, windows, etc. The larvae are cylindrical, 

 thinner in front than behind, and live in dead snails, insects, decaying 

 fungi, vegetables, etc., and possibly in living insects. 



HYPOCERA Lioy. 

 H. Johnson i Brues. Riverton VIII, 111. 



H. clavata Loew. National Park V, 6 (Dke); Clementon X, 3 (CG); Pem- 

 berton V, 10 (Hk). 



APHIOCH/ETA Brues (PHORA). 



A. rufipes Meig. Del. Water Gap VII. 12. Riverton V, 23 (Jn) ; Stelton 



VI. 21 (Coll). 

 A. fasciata Fall. Delaware Water Gap VII, 8. 

 A. picta Schiner. (interrupta Zett). Del. Water Gap VII, 8, 12. 

 A. nigriceps Loew. Del. Water Gap VII. 12, Shark River VII, 12 (Jn) ; 



Ocean Co. V (Sm). 

 A. albidihalteris Felt. Types bred from mushrooms. New Brunswick 



(Sm). 

 A. fungicola Coq. Del. Water Gap VII, 12, Clementon V, 9. 

 A. agaric! Lint. Fort Lee (Lv). 

 A. scalaris Loew. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn) ; New Brunswick VIII, 7 



(Coll); Lucaston IX, 28 (Dke). 

 A. epeirae Brues. Dunnfield VII, 18, Avalon VI, 9. 

 A. flava Fallen. "New Jersey." 

 A. atlantica Brues. Atco. 

 A. minuta Aldr. Boonton I, 15 (GG). 

 A. microcephala Loew. Trenton IV, 19 (Hk). 



