CYCLORRHAPHA 



Probosciuea 



22 



Anthomyidae 

 Cordyluridae 



Fig. 72. {Mydaeiiuic) Spiloi^aster Zoc. ^ 4x10111111. 

 Thorax and head paler brown than the abdomen, 

 which is dark. Larvae found in decaying animal 

 and vegetable matter. Possibly like N. iiligiiiosus 

 in rotten wood. Colchester. 



Fig. 73. {Aullioinyiiui) PJimin'ti ci-pctoruin Meade. 

 jj 8 mm., $ 9 mm. frons to tip of wing. The onion 

 fly. Onions should be lifted and the larvae destroyed. 

 If pulled, the grubs remain in the soil and spread 

 to sound bulbs : a dressing of soot is recommended 

 as preventative to attack. 



Fig. 74. {Cacnflsimie) Fiiciilin fiuorum Fin. 5x11 

 mm. 18 viii. 1900 on coast sands above high water. 

 Found along the sea shore generally, here and in 

 America. A pale brown fly of uniform colouring, 

 with bristles on thorax and legs and extremity of 

 abdomen. " Christchurch Bay." (.Adams.) 



Fig. 75. Cordyliirii ciliatii Mg. 



Near rivers and amongst grass. Summer and autumn 



common. Colchester. 



