DIP IERA. 



481 



C. Antennal bristle bare near the tip. p. 482. . SarC'OPHAUIN-iE, 

 CC. Antennal bristle plumose or pubescent to the tip. 



D. Dorsum of abdomen bristly ; legs usually elongate, p. 482. 



Dexiinve. 

 DD. Abdomen not bristly, except sometimes somewhat so 



near the tip. p. 482 MuscinjE. 



A A. Cell III 6 widely open, not narrowed at the margin of the wing 

 (Fig. 589). p. 483 AnthomyiinjE. 



Fig. 589.— Wing- of Lispe. 



Subfamily Tachinin^e (Tach-i-ni'nse). 



The Tacliiiia-flies {Ta-chi'nd). 



The Tachina-flies are often found about flowers and rank 

 vegetation. They are usually short, stout, and bristly, 



and 



can be distinguished from 



the three following subfamilies by 

 the bristle of the antennas being 

 wholly bare. 



The larvae are parasitic, chiefly 

 within caterpillars, and play an ex- 

 ceedingly important part in check- 

 ing the increase of noxious insects. & 

 The female fastens her eggs to the ft £^^iK^o»,Sd?S 



1 • r mi „ ft?' ~ -„„\ upon fore part of an army-worm. 



Skill Of a Caterpillar (Fig. 59O); (From the author's Report for 



when the larvae hatch they bore l879-) 

 their way into their host and live there till they are full- 

 grown. 



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