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Introduction 95 



Farexorista cheloiiLr Rondani 97 



Blepharipa scutellata Robineau-Desvoid y 99 



Pales pavida Meigen 99 



ZeniUia Ubatrix Panzer ] 00 



Probability of an extra maggot stage in leaf-ovipositing species 101 



The deposition of living maggots by tachinid flies 101 



Dexodes nigripes Fallen and Compsilura concinnata Meigen 102 



Eupeleteria magnicornis Zetterstedt 103 



Zygohothria nidicola Townsend 105 



Zygobothria gilva Hartig and Carcelia gnava Meigen 105 



Farasetigena segregata Rondani 1 05 



Tacldna and allies 106 



Tachina cUslocampx Townsend 1 06 



Japanese representatives of European species 107 



Importance of studying the uterine eggs of Tachinidye 107 



Reproductive capacity of Tachinida; 109 



The rearing of Tachinidse in confinement 110 



An improvement in the method of colonizing Tachinidfe '. Ill 



New alternate hosts for introduced tachinid flies 112 



Improvements in the outdoor rearing cage 113 



Bleaching the puparia of Tachinidse 115 



Results from dissections of native Tachinid;e 115 



Summary of reproductive habits now known in the Tachinidsc 117 



Conclusion 118 



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