4- 



5- 

 6. 



NEMOTELUS. S wa mp Fly. 



N. pallipes. j^V in. ; black ; body steel blue : legs yellow. 



STRATIOMYS. Coat- of -Arms Fly. 



S. Meigenii. ^ in. ; black ; body on each side a triangular spot. 



and tail-end yellow. 

 6'. norma. Y-z in. ; black, with chestiuit stripe on chest part: body 



with yellow spot and streaks ; legs yellow. 

 5". intermedia, ^s in- : black; yellow hairy: body with a yellow 



spot on each side and yellow edges, 

 l.ilack ; body green, with black stripe ; legs yellow. 

 6'. picipes. 3yi in. ; black ; body with four white spots. 

 5. vcrtehrata. J^ in. ; black ; body whitish, with a black stripe ; legs yellow. 



Family 22. SYRPHID/E. HummiiK.I Flies. Drone Flies They feed on the honey of Oowers. 

 Hyrp/iiis are the most valuable plant lice destroyers, laying their eggs among the plant lice nests. Volucella is 

 parasitic on bumblebees. Others live in ants' nests or rotten wood. Eristalis lives in the water. Many of 

 the flies closelv resemble bees, bumblebees or wasps. 



PSARUS. Humming Fly. 



ith eight yellow 



P. ornatus. yi in. ; black; chest with two yellow stripes; body wil 



bands. 

 P. qiiadrifasciatus. % in.; black, chest with four yellow spots; body with 



four yellow bands. 



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