CYCLORRHAPHA 



Proboscidea 



26 



Platypezidae 

 Syrphidae 



Fig. 84. I'latypcza inodistti Zitt. (^ 3-5 X 

 85 mm. Tlie hirxae of Syrpliidae 

 mostly feed on aphides and scale 

 insects. { Farnin^jham.) 



Fig. 85. (Syrphinae) Pipizii iioctihiLa 

 Linn. ? 7x14 mm. On buttercups 

 in May, soon over. 



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Fig. 86. (.Syrphinae) th tliniiciiia iiobilis 

 Fin. 9 6 x12 mm. Found in low- 

 lying ditches on ranunculus and Um- 

 belliferae. i'\'err.all. 



P"ig. 87. i.Syrphinaei Ckiysoi;it^/tr spliiidciis 

 Meig. (J 8x14 mm. i Colchester.) 



