﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OP 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  761 
  

  

  Family 
  LONCHOPTERID^. 
  

  

  The 
  "spear-winged" 
  flies, 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  pointed 
  wings 
  that 
  in- 
  

   duced 
  the 
  common 
  name. 
  They 
  occur 
  near 
  water 
  courses, 
  and 
  little 
  is 
  

   known 
  of 
  them 
  or 
  their 
  habits. 
  Only 
  two 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  in 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  LONCHOPTERA 
  Meig. 
  

  

  L. 
  lutea 
  Panz. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VII, 
  20 
  (Sm); 
  Westville 
  VII, 
  4, 
  Anglesea 
  

  

  VII, 
  19 
  (Jn). 
  

   L. 
  riparia 
  Meig. 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  V 
  (Sm); 
  Manumuskin 
  X, 
  20 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  Family 
  PHORID^. 
  

  

  Small, 
  hunch-back 
  flies, 
  with 
  large, 
  broad 
  wings, 
  often 
  observed 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  about 
  on 
  fallen 
  leaves, 
  windows, 
  etc. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  cylindrical, 
  

   thinner 
  in 
  front 
  than 
  behind, 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  dead 
  snails, 
  insects, 
  decaying 
  

   fungi, 
  vegetables, 
  etc., 
  and 
  possibly 
  in 
  living 
  insects. 
  

  

  HYPOCERA 
  Lioy. 
  

   H. 
  Johnson 
  i 
  Brues. 
  Riverton 
  VIII, 
  31. 
  

  

  H. 
  clavata 
  Loew. 
  National 
  Park 
  V, 
  G 
  (Dke); 
  Clementon 
  X, 
  3 
  (CG) 
  ; 
  Pem- 
  

   berton 
  V, 
  10 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  APHIOCH/ETA 
  Brues 
  (PHORA). 
  

  

  A. 
  rufipes 
  Meig. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12, 
  Riverton 
  V, 
  23 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Stelton 
  

  

  VI, 
  21 
  (Coll). 
  

   A. 
  fasciata 
  Fall. 
  Delaware 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  8. 
  

   A. 
  picta 
  Schiner. 
  (interrupta 
  Zett). 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  8, 
  12. 
  

   A. 
  nigriceps 
  Loew. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12, 
  Shark 
  River 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  

  

  Ocean 
  Co. 
  V 
  (Sm). 
  

   A. 
  albidihalteris 
  Felt. 
  Types 
  bred 
  from 
  mushrooms. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

  

  (Sm). 
  

   A. 
  fungicola 
  Coq. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12, 
  Clemfenton 
  V, 
  9. 
  

   A. 
  agarici 
  Lint. 
  Fort 
  Lee 
  (Lv). 
  

   A. 
  scalaris 
  Loew. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VIII, 
  7 
  

  

  (Coll); 
  Lucaston 
  IX, 
  28 
  (Dke). 
  

   A. 
  epeirae 
  Brues. 
  Dunnfleld 
  VH, 
  18, 
  Avalon 
  VI, 
  9. 
  

   A. 
  flava 
  Fallen. 
  "New 
  Jersey." 
  

   A. 
  atlantica 
  Brues. 
  Atco. 
  

   A. 
  minuta 
  Aldr. 
  Boonton 
  I, 
  15 
  (GG). 
  

   A. 
  microcephala 
  Loew. 
  Trenton 
  IV, 
  19 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  