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  REPORT 
  OP 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

   Family 
  BORBORID^. 
  

  

  Medium 
  to 
  small 
  black, 
  brown 
  or 
  yellowish 
  flies, 
  having 
  a 
  short, 
  quick 
  

   flight. 
  They 
  are 
  almost 
  invariably 
  found 
  about 
  decomposing 
  organic 
  

   matter, 
  and 
  often 
  hover 
  in 
  clouds 
  about 
  dung 
  or 
  sewage, 
  where 
  their 
  

   larvaB 
  live. 
  

  

  LIMOSINA 
  Macq. 
  

  

  L. 
  limosa 
  Meig. 
  Culver's 
  Lake 
  V, 
  29, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VII, 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  V 
  

   (Coll). 
  

  

  BORBORUS 
  Meigen. 
  

  

  B. 
  equinus 
  Fall. 
  Culver's 
  Lake 
  V, 
  29 
  (Coll); 
  Newark 
  VI, 
  16, 
  Westville 
  

  

  V, 
  19 
  (Jn); 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  8 
  (Dke). 
  

   B. 
  geniculatus 
  Meig. 
  Boonton 
  III, 
  3 
  (CG); 
  Merchantville 
  XI, 
  16 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  SPH/CROCERA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  S. 
  subsultans 
  Fab. 
  Culvers 
  Lake 
  V, 
  30, 
  Newark 
  (Coll); 
  Woodbury 
  V, 
  

   14 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  Family 
  SCIOMYZID^. 
  

  

  Head 
  rounded, 
  short, 
  as 
  broad 
  or 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  face 
  retreat- 
  

   ing, 
  abdomen 
  long 
  and 
  narrow. 
  Legs 
  and 
  wings 
  long, 
  the 
  latter 
  exceed- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  flies 
  occur 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  larvse 
  live, 
  and 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  often 
  ornamented. 
  None 
  are 
  harmful 
  

   in 
  any 
  way. 
  

  

  SCIOMYZA 
  Fallen. 
  

  

  S. 
  nana 
  Fallen. 
  Trenton 
  VIII, 
  21 
  (Hk) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  1, 
  Camden 
  VIII, 
  21 
  

  

  (Jn); 
  Cape 
  May 
  IX, 
  21 
  (Dke). 
  

   S. 
  obtusa 
  Fallen. 
  Trenton 
  VIII, 
  21 
  (Hk) 
  ; 
  Westville 
  V, 
  19. 
  

   S. 
  pubera 
  Loew. 
  Trenton 
  VIII, 
  21 
  (Hk) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  IX, 
  29. 
  

   S. 
  apicata 
  Loew. 
  Trenton 
  V, 
  24 
  (Hk). 
  

   S. 
  humilis 
  Loew. 
  Trenton 
  VIII, 
  19 
  (Hk). 
  

  

  DRYOMYZA 
  Fallen. 
  

   D. 
  simplex 
  Loew. 
  Dunnfield 
  VII, 
  14, 
  Dover 
  VI, 
  18. 
  

  

  NEUROCTENA 
  Rond. 
  

   N. 
  aniiis 
  Fall. 
  Dunnfield, 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  12. 
  

  

  TETANOCERA 
  Latr. 
  

   T. 
  arcuata 
  Loew. 
  Chester 
  VIII, 
  7 
  (Coll); 
  Dover 
  VI, 
  18, 
  Merchantville 
  VI, 
  

  

  