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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  293. 
  — 
  A 
  crane 
  fly, 
  Pachyvli 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  flies 
  are 
  slender, 
  cylindrical, 
  worm-like, 
  and 
  

   very 
  tough, 
  whence 
  they 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "wire 
  worms" 
  in 
  England, 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  often 
  injurious 
  on 
  sod 
  land 
  and 
  to 
  root 
  crops. 
  This 
  type 
  lives 
  

   in 
  the 
  soil, 
  and 
  may 
  feed 
  on 
  either 
  living 
  or 
  dead 
  vegetation. 
  A 
  few 
  

   feed 
  on 
  leaves 
  and 
  somewhat 
  resemble 
  caterpillars, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  are 
  

   they 
  injurious 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  any 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   them. 
  

  

  GERANOMYIA 
  Haliday. 
  

  

  G. 
  rostrata 
  Say. 
  Lenola, 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  V. 
  19, 
  VII,- 
  3, 
  

  

  IX, 
  11 
  (div). 
  National 
  Park 
  VI, 
  3 
  (Dke). 
  

   G. 
  canadensis 
  Westw. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (A 
  E 
  S), 
  Cape 
  May 
  IX. 
  21 
  (Vk). 
  

   G. 
  diversa 
  O. 
  S. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (A 
  E 
  S). 
  

   G. 
  distincta 
  Doane. 
  Manumuskin 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  RHIPIDIA 
  Meig. 
  

   R. 
  maculata 
  Meig. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (A 
  E 
  S). 
  

  

  R. 
  domestica 
  O. 
  S. 
  Palisades 
  (O 
  S); 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  16, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae- 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  fermented 
  sap 
  of 
  "Nyssa 
  sylvatica," 
  Riverton 
  VI, 
  16. 
  

  

  