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Muscidae 

 Anthomyidae 



I,'. 139. (Muscidae) Calliphora I'oiiutiuhi Linn. 

 5 12 X 25 mm. One of the well-known " lilue bottle 

 flies." 



Fig. 140. (Muscidae) Lucilia scricata Meig. 

 {, Sxi5mm. The ".Sheep maggot fly," 

 whose larvae burrow into the flesh of sheep, 

 and cause the wool to fall off. One fly is 

 said to produce 500 eggs. 



Fig. [41. (AnlhomyMcLfi) Spilogastcr pla/yf/cra 

 Ztt. d 7 X ' 5 nil"- •'^'lid to be new to Britain. 

 Bred from debris of hornets' nest by Mr Mar- 

 wood, Colchester. 



Fig. 142. (Anthomyidae) Hylemyia 

 coarclata VXw. $ 6 x12 mm. The 

 " Wheat bulb fly," which lays eggs 

 on young wheat, which the larvae 

 destroy. i^Theobald.) Specimen 

 from Thames marshes. 



