TRYPETA. Boring Fiy. 



Small flies, with black ami white win^s, whose larva' live in the stems or in the fiuits of plants. 



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comma. % in.; reddish; yellow hairy: wing blackish with a clear tri- 

 angular spot enclosing a black comma. 

 sparsa. % in. : chest and body gra\- ; wing Ijjack. 



ctittd. ]{ in. ; yellow, with yellow wings, clear at edge, and black eye- 

 spots. 



( Camptoiiciira) picta. j{ in. : chest chestnut, with a black stripe ; win- 

 blackish brown, with two wliite drops and three scallops on the edge. 

 loiigipciiiiis. ]i in. ; vellow, with four black dots near joint of body and chest; wing 

 brownish, yellow baiuled ; wing longei' than body. 



fratria. fV in. ; dark yellow ; wings with brownish wavy bands : wing as long as body. 

 sitavi's. yV '"• ; P''*'e yellow; wing transparent, with black bands. 



po//h7. }{ in. ; deep black ; head and legs yellow ; wing whitish transparent with brown 

 bands. 



rotundipoiiiis. f\ in. ; brown ; wing black, with white dots. 



solidagitiis. % in.; reddish brown; head and legs yellow; wing marked with red; 

 larv.-e forms rounded bulbs in the stems of the golden rod. 

 seriata. Vx in. ; entirely yellow : wing with black edges and dots. 



hella. '8 in.: grayish"; legs and body yellow; wing black, with transparent spots. 

 Found on Ambrosia. 



astcris. I'V in. ; yellowish brown ; legs pale ; wing with three irregular brown bands. 

 Produces swellings on asters. 



pomouclla. tV '"• ! '^ead brown : chest black with two gray stripes ; end of chest white ; 

 bodv grayish black. An apple worm. 



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