Family 23. CONOPID^. Big-headed Flies. Much resembling wasps in shape. Theii laivii; live and 

 transform in the bodies of humble-bees. 



CONORS- Bighead. 



1. C. cxcisa. Sg in. ; black, two gold spots on chest and on joints of body; wing half 



black, half cleai". 



2. C. nigricornis. J4 in. ; black ; sides of body vellow marked ; shank yellowish, with 



a black band ; wing broadly brown. 



3. C Sagittarius, yi in. ; black and white. 



4. C. Diargiiiata . 



black ; a broken band on chest, and sides of bodv yellow. 



LODION. Sucking Fly. 



1. L. fulvif rolls, j^ in. ; gray, with two black stri|5es on chest, and black double spots 



on bodv. 



2. L. abdominalc. ]^ in. ; chest dark gray; body, front and legs brick red. 



X. 



MYOPA. Bladderhead. 



1. .1/. striata ; 3/^ in. ; chest blackish ; body with black and vellow bands ; hind shanks yellow, with two black 



bands. 



2. Af. vesiculosa. 3/^ in. ; reddish brown ; wing blown, whitish near shoulder. 



3. J\/. longicoruis. ^ij in. ; blackish, body white spotted on each side : legs yellow. 



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