Diptera 85 c 



CHLOROPIDiE. 



There is only one species of this family in the collection. 

 The larvae of this species feed in stems of wheat and grasses. 



Botanobia (Oscinis) frit (Linne). 



Muscafrit Linn. Fauna Suecia, 1761, p. 1851. 



One specimen in very poor condition. 



This European species occurs throughout the United States and Canada, 

 extending into Alaska. 



Locality: West of Konganevik, Camden hay, Alaska, July 1, 1914 (F. 

 Johansen). 



