762 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



TRINEURA Meig. 



T. aterrima Fab. Del. Water Gap VII, 8, Riverton V, 14, Clementon V, 9 



CONICERA Meig. 

 C. atra Meig. Dunnfield VII, S, Newark VI, 14. 



GYMNOPHORA Macq. 

 G. arcuata Meig. New Jerse'y. 



Family PLATYPEZIDyE. 



Termed "flat-footed" flies because in the males the posterior tarsi are 

 broad and much flattened. They are smaller than, but resemble a house- 

 fly, and occur in swarms near water courses, though locally. The larvae 

 live in mushrooms, and are not of economic importance. 



AGATHOMYIA Verrall. 



A. notata Loew. (Callomyia tenera Loew.) Riverton VII, 23, Westville 

 VII, 2, 21 (Jn); "New Jersey" IV (A E S). 



PLATYPEZA Meigen. 

 P. velutina Loew. Dunnfield VII, 11, Riverton VII, 30. 

 P. anthrax Loew. National Park VI, 3 (Dke). 

 P. taeniata Snow. Clementon IX, 9, X 3 (CG). 



1 amily PIPUNCULID^. 



The "big-eyed" flies of Comstock, so called because of their relatively 

 enormous head, which is made up almost entirely of eyes. The species 

 are rare, and little is known of the larvae, save that they are parasitic on 

 bugs. 



CHALARUS Wlk. 



C. spurius Fall. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Jn) ; Bamber VII, 13 (Dke). 



NEPHROCERUS Zett. 

 N. daeckei Johns. Forest Hill (Wdt). 



PIPUNCULUS Latr. 



P. nibofasciatus Hough. Westville VII, 2. 

 P. similis Hough. Westville VIII, 13. 



P. atlanticus Hough. Newark VI, 14, Riverton VI, 18, Clementon V, 17 

 (Jn); Brown's Mills VII, 4 (Dke). 



