ORTHORRHAPHA 

 BRACK YCERA 



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Stratiomyidae 





Fig. 31. Nemotelus notatus Ztt. ^5x11 mm.. 

 55x12 mm. cream-coloured abdomen, spotted 

 with black. $ abdomen almost wholly black. Often 

 found in company of N. uliginosus. Sometimes in 

 great numbers on the salt marshes in the Thames 

 Estuary. This extends to the mouth of the Colne 

 River. These flies are slow in movement, and are 

 found on flowers, rushes, and grass. St Osyth, 

 E. Coast. (Harwood.) 



Fig. 32. Odontomyia tigrina F. $ 8*5 x 17 mm., 

 ? 8x16 mm. Taken hovering over waterplants 

 and about flowers of Water Buttercup {Ranunculus 

 sceleratus). (Harwood.) 



Fig- 33- Microchrysa polita L. 4*5 x 10 mm., 

 $ 4/5 x 1 1 mm. Common, sunning itself on leaves 

 of various plants, May to July. 



