CYCLORRHAPHA 



Proboscidka 



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Opomyzidae 



Piophilidae 



Drosophilidae 



Fig. 104. Balioptera h-ipiiiiclata Fin. c? 3 x 7 niin. 

 New Forest, 26 viii. igo6. A dark brown fly, legs 

 and wing spots of darker red brown. 



Fig-. 105. Opoinyzd Jhirum F. ^ 3'5x8nnii., (^ jX 

 7 mm. Found by sueeping grasses, Bishop's .Stoil- 

 ford. Pale golden brown throughout, darker shade 

 of wing spot. 



Fig. 106. l'i(i/>/n/a mstw' L. 6x19 mm. p'ound at 

 a London Club. (Adams.) 25 vii. 1S9S. Larvae in 

 cheese ; cheese maggot. Kept off fresh cheese by 

 means of muslin shields. A dark brown smocith fly, 

 with a partiality for cheese. 



Fig. 107. Drosophila fciicstraniin Fin. 3 '■< 9 mm. 

 On windows, February and March, Grantchester. 

 (N. D. F. P.) The larvae of the Drosophilidae feed 

 on plants, oak apples, fungi, cheese. Some mine the 

 leaves of plants. Drosophila finiebris is often called 

 the soft cheese fly. D. cellarU feeds on the matter 

 adhering to beer and wine corks. D. vielanogaster 

 attacks grapes. (Theobald.) 



Fig. 108. Pupa of Ih'osopliilii fuiicbris. (British 

 Museum specimen.) 



