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Anthomyia similis, the Similar Wheat-fly 203 



Bibliography, 202. Its habits similar to the preceding, 202. Its descrip- 

 tion by Dr. Fitch, 202. Has not been recognized subsequently, 203. No 

 specimens known in collections, 202. 



Notice of some Anthomyians Mining Beet-leaves 203 



Discovery of infested leaves at Middleburgh, N. Y., 203. Appearance 

 of the larva, 203- Its manner of feeding, 203. Its first observation, 203. 

 The puparium and the escape of the fly, 204. The flies observed, 204. 

 The eggs described and figured, 205. Description of the mine, 205. The 

 flies from the pupa;, 205. Two or more annual broods of the insect, 206. 

 Three species of flies obtained, 20G. Description, for comparison, of 

 Anthomyia betcc, of Europe, 206. One of the species identical with the 

 European Phorhia floccosn, 207. Bibliography of the species, 207. Not 

 previously known as a leaf-miner, 207. Its original description, 207. 

 European food-plants, 208. Description of Ghortophila betarmn, nov. sp., 

 208. Description of Pegomyia mcina, nov. sp., 209. The most abun- 

 dant of the three species, 210. Noticed also in Central New York mining 

 beet-leaves, 210. Similar leaf-miners observed at Bennington, Vt., 210. 

 Many species of AntJiomyiidcv operate as leaf-miners, 211. 



Mallota posticata 211 



Its synonymy and bibliography, 211. Habits and features of the 

 Syrphidm, 211. Larval habits, 212. The respiratory tube not confined 

 to aquatic forms, 212. M. posiimta larva? found in a decaying tree, 212. 

 Other rat-tailed larvse observed in an apple-tree, 213. Habits of rat-tailed 

 larvfe, 213. Description of the Mallota larva, 213. Its pupation and 

 puparium, 214. The fly figured and described, 215. Geographical dis- 

 tribution of the species, 215. 



Drosophila ampelophila, the Pickled-fruit Fly 216 



Bibliography, 216. Occurrence of the fly in decaying and pickled fruit, 

 216. The fly described, 216. Its original description by Dr. Loew, 217. 

 Its distribution in Europe, Africa and North America, 217. Is readily at- 

 tracted by fermentation, 217. Notice of the larvsB, 218. Other species 

 of Drosophila, 218. Apple-infesting Drosophilas, 218. A species infest- 

 ing strawberries, 219. Habits of European Drosophilas, 220. A species 

 occurring in flour-paste, 220. Mode of attack upon pickled fruits, 220. 

 Preventives of attack, 221. 



Meromtza Americana, the Wheat-stem Maggot 221 



Bibliography, 221. Attack upon wheat in Western New York, 221. 

 Nature of the attack. 222. The larval and pupal forms, 222. Time of 

 appearance of the fly, 222. The fly described and figured, 223. Limited 

 literature of the species, 223. Its occurrence in Missouri in 1867, 224. 

 Not noticed for several years, 224. Injuries from similar grain-flies in 

 Europe, 224. Lack of knowledge of our grain-flies, 225. Chlorops 

 proxima operating in Kentucky, 226. The common name of Mallota and 

 other insects, 226. But little may be done to arrest the injuries of this 

 species, 227. 

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