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Olover: MS. Notes Journ.— Dipt., 1874, pi. 6, figs. 19, 20 (P. incrassata 



imago), pi. 7, f. 37 (larva of P. daiici), pi. 9, f. 20 (Phora imago from 



Mammoth cave), pp. 39, 40 (reference to seven species). 

 OSTEN Sacken: Cat. Dipt. N. A., 1878, p. 212 (eight N. A. species listed); in 



Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, p. 277 (is Phora parasitic?); the same, in 



4th Kept. U. S. Entomolog. Commis., 1885, p. 117. 

 Comstock: Cotton Ins., 1879, pp. 208-211, fig. 49 (P. aletice in larva, pupa, 



and imago described and figured); Man. Stud. Ins., 1895, p. 475 



(characters of Phoridce). 

 Hubbard: in Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, p. 39 (Phora in the Mammoth cave), pp. 



82, 83 (larva of same described, figured, and compared), p. 228 (P. aleticR 



a scavenger, not a parasite) ; the same, in 4th Rept. U. S. Entomolog. 



Commis., 1885, p. 116 (parasitized by a Chalcid) ; in id.. Notes [112], 



from Amer. Entomol., p. 228. 

 Riley: in Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, p. 277 (P. aletice not parasitic), p. 293 (a 



Chalcid parasite) ; in Amer. Nat., xvi, 1882, p. 747 (habits of P. aletiCB)] 



in 4th Rept. U. S. Entomolog. Commis., 1885, pp. 108, 116, 117 (not 



parasitic^ . 

 BuGNlON: in Psyche, iii, 1881, p. 212 (Phora parasitic on Lina tremulce). 

 ScHVTARZ: in 4th Rept. U. S, Entomolog. Commis., 1885, pp. 117-119 



(P. aletice not parasitic). 

 Scudder: in Bull. U. S. Geolog. Surv., No. 31, 1886, p. 86 (eleven amber 



species recorded by Loew). 

 Bethune: in 16th Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1886, p. 30 (foul brood due to Phora). 

 Williston: Synop. Fam.-Gen. N. A. Dipt., 1888, p. 64. 

 Brunetti: in Entomol. Month, Mag., xxv, 1889, p. 282 (P. rufipes a quite 



general feeder). 

 Newstead: in Entomol. Month. Mag., xxvii, 1891, p. 41 (P. rufipes in nests of 



Vespa Germanica). 

 Riley-Howard: in Insect Life, 1892, v, p. 5 (Phora sp., reference). 

 Aldrich: in Canad Entomol., xxiv, 1892, pp. 142-146, 5 figs, (new western 



species of Phora) ; in Bull. 30 S. Dak. Agr. Coll. Expt. Stat., 1892, p. 7. 

 Coquillet: in Canad. Entomol., xxvii, 1895, pp. 103-107 (synopsis of the 



genus). 

 Megnin: Les Parasites Articules, 1895, p . 471 {Phora aterrima in buried human 



bodies . 



Explanation of Plate It. 

 Phora agarici. 



3Ius/iroom Phora. 



Fig. 1. — Female. The terminal segments are retracted within the body and 



the base of the abdomen is shrunken (x 20). 



Fig. 2. — Dorsal aspect of head; a, antenna. 



Fig. 3. — Labium and appendages from behind. 



Fig. 4. — Palpus, dorsal aspect. 



Fig. 5. — Ventral aspect of larva (x 8). 



Fig. 6. — Dorsal aspect of pupa (x 8). 



Fig. 7.— Halter. 



