CYCLORRII.M'IIA 

 Proboscidea 



Syrphidae 



Fig. 104. R/iiiii;iii taiiipcstris Meig. 9 9x19111111. Amongst 

 flowers in gardens and fields, quite common. 



v.. 



Fi 



gs. 105, 106. \'olurclliriae) Voliueila hoinhylnns Linn. ^ '5X3' mm., $ 15x30 mm. (^■ello^v form.) 



I'aitial to brambles and other flowers, June and July, a \ariable species. The larvae live in nests of bees, 



especially />'. lapiiiarius and />'. i/i-r/imnit-ili/s. the flies lia\ing a led tail, in those of /.\ liortonini and 

 /)'. jonr/liis, the flies having a uliite tail. (Theobald.) 



