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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

   Family 
  RHYPHID.^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "false 
  crane 
  flies," 
  differing 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  size 
  

   and 
  broader, 
  spotted 
  wings. 
  They 
  often 
  come 
  into 
  houses, 
  and 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  live 
  in 
  water, 
  rotten 
  wood 
  or 
  excrementitious 
  matter. 
  They 
  are 
  

   of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  RHYPHUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  R. 
  alternatus 
  Say. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Morris 
  Plains 
  VI, 
  25, 
  Riverton 
  III, 
  20, 
  

   Clementon 
  V, 
  30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Merchantville 
  VI, 
  26 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  R. 
  punctatus 
  Fab. 
  Palisades 
  (Lv) 
  ; 
  Monmouth 
  County 
  (Sm); 
  Delair 
  X. 
  

   5 
  (Dke); 
  Camden 
  XII, 
  8 
  (Kp) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  R. 
  fenestralis 
  Scop. 
  Camden 
  VIII, 
  12 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  Family 
  STRATIOMYID.^. 
  

  

  Known 
  as 
  "soldier 
  flies" 
  from 
  their 
  yellow 
  bands 
  and 
  stripes. 
  Usually 
  

   they 
  are 
  somewhat 
  depressed 
  or 
  even 
  much 
  flattened, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   abdomen, 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  laid 
  flat 
  and 
  overlapping 
  each 
  other. 
  

   The 
  mouth 
  parts 
  are 
  developed 
  for 
  lapping 
  only, 
  and 
  the 
  adults 
  are 
  

   always 
  found 
  among 
  flowers. 
  The 
  antennae 
  vary 
  in 
  shape, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   short 
  or 
  of 
  quite 
  moderate 
  length, 
  but 
  always 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  compound, 
  

   and 
  often 
  has 
  an 
  arista. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  vary 
  greatly 
  in 
  habit, 
  from 
  predatory 
  to 
  feeders 
  upon 
  excre- 
  

   ment, 
  living 
  or 
  dead 
  vegetable 
  matter, 
  on 
  land 
  or 
  in 
  water; 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   have 
  been 
  even 
  found 
  in 
  salt 
  or 
  alkaline 
  water. 
  

  

  None 
  are 
  of 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  ALLOGNOSTA 
  O. 
  S. 
  

  

  A. 
  fuscitarsis 
  Say. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VI, 
  15, 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  27 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  

  

  New 
  Bnmswick 
  (Sm); 
  Trenton 
  V, 
  21 
  (Hk). 
  

   A. 
  obscuriventris 
  Loew. 
  Culver's 
  Lake 
  V, 
  29 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  VI, 
  15 
  

  

  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  V 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  30 
  (Hk) 
  ; 
  Anglesea 
  V, 
  30 
  

  

  (W). 
  

  

  ACTINA 
  Meigen. 
  (BERIS 
  Latr.) 
  

  

  A. 
  viridis 
  Say. 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  (Sm); 
  Ashland 
  V, 
  30, 
  Clemen- 
  

   ton 
  V, 
  30 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  HERMETIA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  H. 
  illucens 
  Linn. 
  Trenton 
  VII, 
  7 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  PTECTICUS 
  Loew. 
  

  

  P. 
  sackeni 
  Will, 
  (testaceus 
  O. 
  S., 
  not 
  Fab.) 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VIII, 
  21 
  

   (Sm); 
  Dunnfleld 
  VII, 
  15, 
  Riverton 
  VII, 
  16, 
  Westville 
  Vll, 
  2 
  (Jn); 
  

   Brown's 
  Mills 
  VIII, 
  30, 
  bred 
  from 
  fungus 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  P. 
  trivittatus 
  Say. 
  (similis 
  Will.) 
  Dunnfleld 
  VII, 
  8, 
  Riverton 
  VI, 
  20, 
  VII, 
  

   3, 
  Westville 
  VIII. 
  8. 
  

  

  