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Family STRATIOMYIDAE 



Known as "Soldier flies" on account of bright yellow stripes and bands on a dark ground 

 colour. The body is broad and flattened over which the wings lie flat when at rest. The 

 flies are found about flowers, and in the vicinity of little pools of water and marshy spots. 



The larval feeding habits differ greatly; some live on land, others in water, some are 

 predaceous, others live on decaying vegetable matter. 



ALLOGNOSTA O. S. 



A. fuscitarsis Say. Montreal (C); Rigaud (C). 



A. obscuriventris Loew. Montreal VI (C); Rigaud (Be). 



ACTINA Meig. 



A. viridis Say. Anticosti (Schmidt); St. Hilaire (C): St. Johns (C); Montreal VI (C); Ri- 

 gaud V (C); Longueuil V (Be). 



MACROSARGUS Bigot. 



IVI. cuprarius Liim. St. Hilaire (C); Montreal VI (C); Rigaud VII (Be). 

 M. decorus Say. Montreal VI (C); Rigaud V-VII (C). 

 Wl. viridis Say. Levis (Fy); Montreal VII (Be). 



MiCROCHRYSA Loew. 



M. polita Linn. Levis (Fv); Montreal V (C); VII (Be); Longueuil V (Be); Chambly Co. V 

 (Be). 



STRATIOMYIA Geoff. 



S. apicula Loew. Montreal (C). 



S. badia Walk. Montreal (C); Gatineau VII (Be). 



S. discaiis Loew. Montreal (C). 



S. iativentris Loew. Montreal VI (C); Gatineau VII (Be). 



S. meigenii Wied. Montreal VI (C); Rigaud V (C); Gatineau VII (Be). 



S. norma Wied. Levis (Fy); Mont St. Hilaire VI (C). 



S. normula Loew. Montreal VI (Cd); Gatineau VII (Be). 



