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_ Species oF DiprERA REARED IN INDIANA DURING THE YEARS 1884 TO 1890. 
By F. M. WEBSTER: 
The following species of Diptera were reared by me while located in Indiana, 
as Special Agent of the U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., and are given here as finally 
determined by Mr. D. W. Coquillett in Bulletin 10, N. S., and Bulletin 7, Tech- 
nical Series, both of the Division of Entomology. 
FAMILY TACHINID. 
Euphorocera claripennis Macq., reared at Lafayette from caterpillars of Datana 
contracta Walk. On one of these larve were 213, and on a second 228 eggs of 
these flies. 
Frontina frenchii Will., reared at Lafayette, from caterpillars of Ichthyura 
inclusa Hueb., and also from the larve of Pyrameis cardwi Linn. 
FAMILY BOMBYLIID, 
Anthrax hypomelas Macq. This was reared in numbers from the larve of 
Agrotis herilis, catworms, that were excessively abundant in a cornfield near La- 
fayette, in 1889. See Insect Life, Vol. II, pp. 353-4. 
FAMILY OSCINIDZ. 
Meromyza americana Fitch. This occurs throughout the entire State, the 
larvee attacking wheat and rye. I reared it from material secured at Oxford, and 
also from New Harmony. 
Chlorops ingrata Will. This species was reared from gall-like swellings on 
tipsof Muhlenbergia mexicana. The galls were collected at Oxford, in August, and 
the adults issued the following May and early June. 
Elachiptera longula Loew. This was reared from the stems of Panicum crus- 
galli, within which the larve feed, at Oxford, in 1884, and also from fall wheat 
at Lafayette, in July, 1890, and also from oats, in 1886. 
E. nigricornis Loew. and E. costata Loew. were also reared with the above in the 
fall wheat. 
E. nigriceps Loew. was reared from Panicum crus-galli at Oxford, in Septem- 
ber, 1884. 
Oscinis trigramma Loew. Reared at Lafayette in Jul y, from volunteer wheat 
plants. 0. coxendix Fitch, was reared also with the above. 
