CYCLORRHAPHA 



EPROBOSCIDEA 



Hippoboscidae 



In the Eproboscidea the ovum hatches within the body of the parent, and is deposited 

 as a larva and pupates rapidly. (See Cambridge Nat. Hist. vol. VI. p. 517, and British 

 Bloodsucking Flies, E. E. Austen, p. 62, family Hippoboscidae.) 





Figs. 113, 114. Hippobosca equina L. 7 x 18 mm. New Forest, 19 ix. 1915. (Adams.) These flies are 

 found on the Forest ponies. Horses not used to them, when attacked, become unmanageable. 



Figs. 115, 116. Stenopteryx hirundinis L. J 3mm., 5 mm. Found as spherical dark brown puparia in 

 the nests of Martins and Swallows, Hauxton Mill. (N. D. F. Pearce.) Bred out Sept. -Oct. 1917. A pale 

 brown fly throughout. 



