CYCLORRHAPHA 



PROBOSCIDEA 



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Anthomyidae 

 Cordyluridae 



Fig. 72. ( Mydaeinae) Spilogaster Zoe. ^4x10 mm. 

 Thorax and head paler brown than the abdomen, 

 which is dark. Larvae found in decaying animal 

 and vegetable matter. Possibly like N. uliginosus 

 in rotten wood. Colchester. 



Fig- 73- (Anthomyina] Phorbia cepetoriun Aleade. 

 $ 8 mm., 9 9 mm - frons to tip of wing. The onion 

 fly. Onions should be lifted and the larvae destroyed. 

 If pulled, the grubs remain in the soil and spread 

 to sound bulbs ; a dressing of soot is recommended 

 as preventative to attack. 



Fig. 74. (Caenosinae) Fncellia fucorum Fin. 5 x ' ' 

 mm. 1 8 viii. 1900 on coast sands above high water. 

 Found along the sea shore generally, here and in 

 America. A pale brown fly of uniform colouring, 

 with bristles on thorax and legs and extremity of 

 abdomen. " Christchurch Bay." (Adams.) 



Fig. 75. Cordyhtra ciliata Mg. ^ io'5 x 16 mm. 

 Near rivers and amongst grass. Summer and autumn 

 common. Colchester. 



