57G INSECTA. 



capsule and as a rule with two or four oral hooks. The pupre are 

 always barrel-shaped. 



Fam. Phoridae. Phora incrassata Meig. Live as larvae in Bee hives. 



Fain. Acalyptera. Trypeta Cardul L., Tr. signata Meig., in cherries. 

 Cldorops lincata Fabr. (Weizenfliege), Larvae in blades of grass. Scatopkaga 

 stcrcoraria L., dung-flies, on dung heaps. PiopMla casei L., cheese-flies. 



Fam. Muscidae. Nmca domestlca L., house-fly. M. Ccc.mr L. (Goldfliege). 

 J/. vomit oria L., the abdomen is of a shining blue colour. M. cadaver ina L.. 

 (Aasfliege). Sarcopliaga carnarla L. (Fleischfliege), viviparous. Tachina 

 puparuni Fabr., T. {Chrysosoma') viridis Fall., T. grossa L., T. larvarum~L. The 

 larvae are parasitic, principally in caterpillars. 



Fam. Conopidae. Conops flampes L., the larvae live in the abdomen of 

 Ilymcnoptera. C. rvfipes Fabr. (in CEdlpoda). 



Fam. Stomoxyidae. Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Stechfliege), resembles the 

 house-fly. 



Fam. (Estridae* (Biesfliegen). The proboscis is aborted. The females have 

 an ovipositor and lay their eggs or their living larvae (in which case the 

 ovipositor is absent) on ceitain places on Mammalia, e.g., in the nostrils of 

 Stags, or on the breast of the Horse. The larvae with dentated body rings r 

 and frequently with oral hooks, live in the frontal sinuses, beneath the skim 

 and even in the stomach of certain Mammalia. Under the skin they produce 

 boils. Hypoderma bovis L. If. Actaon Br., on the Stag. H. tarandi L. 

 Dermatolia hominis Goudot, on Ruminants, Fdidce (Jaguar) and Men in 

 South America. (Estrus auribarbis Wied. The larvae are brought by the flies 

 into the nasal cavities of the Stag. Gastrus (Gastropliilus) cqui Fabr. (fig. 

 477). The egg is deposited on the breast of the Horse, and licked off by the 

 latter. The larva, when hatched, attaches itself to the T\ alls of the stomach by 

 its oral hooks, undergoes several moults, and is passed with the excrements 

 before the pupal stage. 



Fam. Syrphidae (Schwebfliegen). Syrpkvt pirastri L., Eristalis tenax L., 

 E. (BHCV.S Fabr. Larvae with respiratory tube, in sewers and stagnant water. 



Fam. Platypezidae (Pilzfliegen). PI. boletina Fall. 



Tribe 2. Tanystomata. The proboscis is usually long and has 

 styliform predatory jaws. Larvae with jaw sheath and hooked jaws. 



Fam. Dolichopodidae. Doliclwpm pennatus Meig. D. nobilitatus L. 



Fam. Empidae (Tanzfliegen). Empis tessclata Fabr. 



Fam. Asilidae (Raubfliegen). Asilus germanicus L., A. cralroniformis L. ? 

 LapUria gibbosa Fabr. L.flava Fabr. 



Fam. Bombyliidae (Hummelfliegen). Anthrax morio Fabr. (sinuatm Fall.). 

 The larvae live in the nests of Megacliile muraria and Own-ia tricorn'ns. 

 Bombyl'ms major L., B. mcdius L. 



Fam. Henopiidae. Hennps gibbosus L. (Mundhornfliege). Lasla flavitarsis 

 Wied. 



Fam. Therevidae (Xylotomai), (Stilettfliegen). TJwrcva anmdata Fabr, 

 Tli.plclcja L., Scenopinus fencstrcdis L. 



Fam. Tabanidae (Gadflies). Proboscis short, horizontally projecting, and 

 provided with six or four (male) stylets and two-jointed palp. In the male 



* F. Braucr, " Monographic dcr QEstridcn." Wicn. 18G3. 



