TACMINA. Swift FIv.—Cuntimted. 



Cassidoiny/ci. Pie\s on tlie helmet beetle. 

 Jlvalomvia . Prevs on leaf beetles. 

 Ocvptrra. Feeds on liugs. 

 (Iiartopliila florah's. Prevs on wasps' nests. 



IDIA. Mouth Fly. 



. I. /. z'/r/\//s. '4 in. : liron/e green, with Ijlack legs. 



MUSCID/C. CouilHiiii Flies. Theii- larva- live in decaying meat, sores, decaving vegetalile or animal 

 matter, manuic. etc. 



STOMOXYS. Stinging or Stable Fly. 



I. S. />arasi/a. j\ in. ; grav, blackish brown above: led spots on tlrst rings of body ; feeler 



stronglv comb-like. 

 2. .y. calcitrans. ^^ in. : gray, with black stripes on chest, and a band and fonr black spots 



on body ; feeler hair feathery on one side. Both have long snouts. 



SARCOPHAQA. Flesh Fly. 



The eggs of this Hv batch within tlie female, and it deposits the living voung maggots on dead animals, 

 meat, etc. 



1. .S'. ncori;'/Ha . '4 hi. ; blue grav, with black stripes on chest; bodv white, grav and lilack 



chequered ; legs black ; tail-end reddish. 



2. .S". cariiaria . (4 hi. ; like last, but tail-end lilack. The males of both are much smaller : //', 



about 3a in. 



(5-) 



