ORTHORRHAPHA 



NEMATOCERA 



Mycetophilidae 

 Bibionidae 



Fig. 2. Scatopse notata L. 4x7-5 mm. Plentiful 

 on windows end of May. The larvae live on vege- 



Fig. i. Platyura niarginata Mg. 8x12 mm. table and decaying matter. They are long and 

 Found by sweeping. Most species inhabit woods fusiform and show two points at the sides of the 

 and thickets. The larvae of Platyura feed on fungi. prothorax, and of the eight basal segments of the 

 "Appearance in the New Forest, spasmodic." abdomen, which ends in two rather long divergent 

 (Adams.) Colchester. setae. (Theobald.) Found at Grantchester. 



Fig. 3. Dilophus febrilis L. $ 4x9 mm., $5x11 

 mm. Abundant on Wild Parsnip, though named 

 febrilis by Linnaeus, owing to the general opinion 

 in Sweden that the fly resorted to houses where 

 intermittent fever existed. Curtis states that this 

 species causes much mischief in gardens. The so- 

 called fever fly gets into Hop cones in Kent now 

 and then, and causes loss by destroying their bright- 

 ness. The larvae live in all manner of roots besides 

 hops, and do no little damage. (Theobald.) 



