OIPTERA. 



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shows thai the tip of the proboscis is surrounded by ;i ring of stout 

 black chitinous teeth. 



Natural Enemies. — Oxybelus squamosus (see page 280). 



STOMOXYS CALCITRAXS, Linn. 



Conops calcitrans, Linn.. Syst. Nat. (ed. X), I, 604 (1758). 



Stomoxys, Geoffroy, Ins., II, 539, t. 18, 1". 2. 



Stomoxys calcitrans, Bezzi, Arch. « U- Parasit, XV, 138 (Oct. 191 1) 

 |S\ nonymy ami Distribution] ; Howlett, Ind. Ins. Lite, p. 646, t. 69, 

 f. 3; Brain, Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.. V, 421— 430, t. 33, 34, I.e. VI, 197—201, 

 t. 22. 



I'k,. 212. — Stomoxys calcitrans. 1. Egg : -'. Lai ■. 1 ly : -">■ 



Side-view ol Head ol I ly. The small figures show tin natural sizes. (Original.) 



Distribution. Throughout Southern India. 



Lifehistory and Food. Eggs are usually laid on horse-dung, damp 

 straw, etc., in dam)) places in whirhjhe larvae live. The larvae are 



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