CYCLORRHAPHA 



PROBOSCIDEA 



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Pipunculidae 

 Syrphidae 



Fig- 57- Pipunciilns furcatns. 3*5 x jo mm. In- 

 habits woods and fields, and often hovers in the 

 air. Grantchester. 



Fig. 58. Liogaster metallina Y. 6 x 1 1 mm. 

 Distinguished from Chrysogaster by the entirely 

 metallic abdomen. In Chrysogaster the sides of the 

 abdomen are shiny and the central area dull. Found 

 on flowers of buttercup {Ranunculus bulbosus). 



Fig. 59. Melangyna quadrimaculata Verr. ^9x18 

 mm., $8x18 mm. The $ has no yellow markings. 

 Always rather scarce. Painswick. 



Fig. 60. Volucella pelhicens (Volucellinae) L. ? . 

 At rest, 22 mm. from frons to extremity of abdomen. 

 Said to act as scavenger in the nests of the larger 

 Hymenoptera, or to be parasitic in their larvae, 

 especially wasps. 



