CYCLORRHAPHA 



Pkoboscidea 



41 



Muscidae 

 Anthomyidae 



Fiy- 139- (Muscidae) CaUipJio)-a voiiiitoria Linn. 

 5 12x25 '""''• Of 6 of tlis well-known "Blue bottle 

 flies." 



. 140. (Muscidae) Liicilia si'iicn/a Meig. 

 (J 8x15 mm. The "Sheep maggot fly," 

 whose larvae burrow into the flesh of sheep, 

 and cause the wool to fall oft'. One fly is 

 said to produce 500 eggs. 



Fig. 141. (.Anthomyidae 1 Spi7oi^its/cr platyptcra 

 Ztt. cj 7^15 mni. .Said to be new to Britain. 

 Bred from debris of hornets' nest by .Mr Har- 

 wood, Colchester. 



Fig. 142. I .Anthomyidae) Hylciiiyia 

 coiirctata Fin. cJ 6x 12 mm. The 

 "Wheat bulb fly," which lays eggs 

 on )oung wheat, whicli the larvae 

 destroy. (Theobald.; Specimen 

 from Thames marshes. 



