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Phora femorata Meig. 

 A single specimen of a little Phora, which Mr. Coquillett 

 thinks belongs to the European species P. femorata, was cap- 

 tured by Mr. Busck in a privy at Charlestown, West Virginia. 



Family SCATOPHAGID^. 



The insects of this family, popularly known as dung flies, as 

 the scientific name indicates, are attracted to and breed in dung 

 of different mammals, in human excreta and also in decaying 

 vegetable material. They are as a rule slender, rather light- 

 colored, bristly flies. 



Scatofhaga furcata Say. 

 The flies of the typical genus Scatophaga are known in Eu- 

 rope to live in dung and in human excrement and are also found 

 in water. The present species, S. furcata, well figured in the 



Fig. 38. Scatophaga furcata : male, with closed wings — enlarged (original). 



accompanying illustrations, has been found all through the 

 season on excrement at Washington and has been captured in a 

 privy at Charlestown, West Virginia. It was not noticed dur- 

 ing the early observations in the summer of 1899, although 



