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DIPTERA OF MINNESOTA. 



4, Plate I, and in Fig. 74 is at least an inch long. The old families 

 Xylophogidac and Coenomyidae are now included here. 



Fig. 75. Lcf^tis inystacea. female. Lugger. 



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The snipe flies are found in fields, on tall grass or bushes, and 

 in woody places, generally when resting having the head down. In 



Fig. 75a. Leptis inystacea, male. Original. 



the adult form some are predaceous, and the larvae of all species live 

 in the earth and in decaying vegetation or in water, and prey upon 



