﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  747 
  

  

  LEPIDOPHORA 
  Westwood. 
  

  

  L. 
  aegeriiformis 
  Westw. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  28, 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  

   IX, 
  15 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  SPARNOPOLIUS 
  Loew. 
  

  

  S. 
  fulvusWied. 
  Chester 
  (Dkn); 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  11, 
  Westville 
  VIII, 
  28 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  

   Clementon 
  IX, 
  5 
  (Hk) 
  ; 
  Atco 
  IX, 
  11 
  (Nell); 
  Pelleplain 
  IX, 
  8, 
  Lucaston 
  

   IX, 
  12 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  ECLIMUS 
  Loew. 
  

  

  E. 
  niger 
  Macq. 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  VI, 
  15, 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  METACOSMUS 
  Coq. 
  

   M. 
  mancipennis 
  Coq. 
  Pemberton 
  VII, 
  11 
  (CG). 
  

  

  SYSTROPUS 
  Wied. 
  

  

  S. 
  macer 
  Loew. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Lakewood 
  (Lansing); 
  Clementon 
  VIII, 
  

   9 
  (Jn); 
  Atco 
  IX, 
  1 
  (Kp) 
  ; 
  Lucaston 
  VII, 
  27 
  (GG); 
  Anglesea 
  IX, 
  8 
  

   (Dke). 
  

  

  GERON 
  Meig. 
  

  

  G. 
  senilis 
  Fab. 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  4, 
  Atco 
  VII, 
  12, 
  Clementon 
  VI, 
  25, 
  VIII, 
  7 
  

  

  (Jn); 
  Hammonton 
  IX, 
  6 
  (Dke). 
  

   G. 
  subauratus 
  Loew. 
  Dunnfield 
  VII, 
  8, 
  Westville 
  VI, 
  27 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  DaCosta 
  

  

  VII, 
  19, 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  VI, 
  24-VII, 
  21 
  (Dke). 
  

   G. 
  calva 
  Loew. 
  Dunnfield, 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  11-12. 
  

   G. 
  capax 
  Coq. 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Manumuskin 
  IV, 
  28 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  TOXOPHORA 
  IVIeigen. 
  

  

  T. 
  amphitea 
  Walk. 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  7 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Buena 
  Vista 
  VI, 
  11, 
  Atco 
  VI, 
  

   18, 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Hammonton 
  VIII, 
  21 
  Bamber 
  VII, 
  13, 
  VIII, 
  

   11, 
  Manumuskin 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  Family 
  THEREVID.^. 
  

  

  Called 
  "stiletto 
  flies" 
  by 
  Comstock, 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  slender, 
  pointed 
  

   abdomen. 
  They 
  resemble 
  the 
  robber 
  flies, 
  but 
  have 
  longer 
  legs 
  and 
  are 
  

   more 
  slightly 
  built. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  predatory, 
  but 
  the 
  lips 
  are 
  broad 
  and 
  

   fleshy, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  active 
  as 
  the 
  "Asilidse." 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  the 
  segments 
  constricted 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  

   seem 
  doubled 
  in 
  number, 
  and 
  they 
  live 
  in 
  mold, 
  fungi, 
  rotten 
  wood 
  and 
  

   vegetable 
  decay 
  generally, 
  feeding 
  sometimes 
  upon 
  the 
  material 
  among 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  found, 
  sometimes 
  upon 
  such 
  other 
  insects 
  as 
  come 
  in 
  their 
  

   way. 
  

  

  They 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  beneficial, 
  for 
  the 
  prey 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  

   does 
  not 
  usually 
  consist 
  of 
  insects 
  that 
  are 
  harmful 
  to 
  the 
  farmer. 
  

  

  