94 Kansas Academy of Science. 



Archytas aterrima Desv. 



A common species. The only specimens in my collection are among some 

 of my earliest captures in entomology and bear no date or other labels. 

 Sarcophaga sarracenise Riley, 



Like the preceding species, my specimens of this bear no date or other 

 labels. A common species. 

 Cynomia cadaverina Desv. 



My remarks on the two preceding species also apply to this. 

 Myiospila meditabunda Fabr. 



Rare. Taken under a piece of cloth placed in the crotch of a tree in the 

 dooryard, to serve as a trap for insects, April 20, 1897. 

 Ophyra leucostoma Wied. 



Taken on Salix longifolia April 25 ; also taken while maintaining itself in 

 a stationary position on the wing, in the orchard, August 18. 

 Phorbia acra Walk. 



Taken in the orchard April 23 ; also at the edge of heavy timber along 

 the creek June 16. 

 Phorbia cinerella Fall. 



This little pest, to which I have applied the rather opprobrious epithet of 

 "snot fly," on account of its persistency in trying to fly to one's nose 

 when one is affected with catarrh, is quite common all summer from 

 April on. I once reared a specimen from a pupa found in the shriveled 

 skin of a Geophilus perforans under a stone on the prairie. 

 Caricea antica Walk. 



Found among sweepings made in the orchard April 24 ; also collected in 

 sweepings made on the prairie May 12. 



Family Scatophagid^. 

 Cordylura gracilipes Loew. 



Taken in sweepings in heavy timber in May. 

 Scatophaga furcata Say. 



Common in the timber in July. 



Family Sciomyzid^. 

 Sciomyza nana Fall. 



Beaten from Ambrosia artemisisefolia October 23, 1897. 

 Tetanocera arcuata Loew. 



A common species ; taken in the orchard in April, and in heavy timber 

 in June. 

 Tetanocera plumosa Loew. 



Taken on vegetation growing on swampy ground the middle of June, 

 Tetanocera saratogensis Fitch. 



Common in pastures in May. 

 Tetanocera umbrarum Linn^'. 



Taken on weeds in a pasture in October. 



Family Sapromyzid^. 

 Lonchsea rufitarsus Macq. 



This species frequents carrion, and my specimens were taken the middle 

 of April. 



