ORTHORRHAPIIA 

 Nematocera 



Mycetophilidae 

 Bibionidae 



Fiif. 1. I'/n/yiii'a iiitiri;!/!ij/a My. 8x12 mm. 

 Found by sweeping. ^Iost species inhabit woods 

 and thickets. The larvae o^ Platyura feed on fungi. 

 ".Appearance in the Xew Forest, spasmodic." 

 ('.\dams.) Colchester. 



Fig. 2. Scittopsc nolata L. 4 x yj mm. Plentiful 

 on windows end of May. The larvae live on vege- 

 table and decaying matter. They are long and 

 fusiform and show two points at the sides of the 

 protborax, and of the eight basal segments of the 

 abdomen, which ends in two rather long divergent 

 setae. (Theobald.) Found at Grantchester. 



Fig. 3. Dilophiisfchrilis L. (J 4x9 mm., $5x11 

 mm. Abundant on Wild Parsnip, though named 

 fchrilis by Linnaeus, owing to the general opinion 

 in Sweden that the fly resorted to houses where 

 intermittent fever existed. Curtis states that this 

 species causes much mischief in gardens. The so- 

 called fever fly gets into Hop cones in Kent now 

 and then, and causes loss by destroying their bright- 

 ness. The larvae live in all manner of roots besides 

 hops, and do no little damage. (Theobald.) 



