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slender, bifid, and capable of great elongation ; 

 ocelli three ; body obese, naked, resembling in 

 appearance the Musettes. Flies in the sunshine, 

 settling on flowers. Rhingia, Brachyopa. 



690. Flies (Musettes). Larva obese ; feeds on 

 dung, putrid flesh and vegetables, bark and roots of 

 trees, fungi, &c. Pupa changes in similar situations, 

 oblong, perfectly uniform and rounded as though 

 turned in a lathe. Imago with the apical seta of 

 the antennae triarticulate ; Hgula elongate, dilated 

 at the extremity, retractile ; alulae of the wings 

 distinct and conspicuous ; body hairy ; form 

 obese ; colour black, brown, or grey, with metallic 

 green and blue. Phasia, Gym?iosoma, Phania, 

 Miltograwma, Gonia, Trixa, Tachina, Echiono- 

 myia, Melanophora, Leucostoma, Metopia, Exorista, 

 Eriothrix, Ocypteryx, Dexia, Mesembrina, Sar- 

 cophaga, Muscn, Anthomyia, Ccenosia, Lispe. 



691. Dung-flies (Scatophagites). Larva in- 

 habits dung, fungi, putrid substances, and the pith 

 of plants. Pupa as in the Musettes. Imago with 

 the apical seta of the antennae obscurely triarticu- 

 late ; ligula elongate, slightly recurved, scarcely 

 dilated, retractile ; alulae of the wings very minute ; 

 body very hairy ; form oblong ; colour yellow. 

 Scatophaga, Dryomyza, Sapromyza. 



692. Tetanocerites (Tetanocerites'). Larva 

 inhabits moist plants, fruits, putrid substances, also 

 mud at the banks of ponds, rivers, and all wet 

 places. Pupa as in the Musettes. Imago with 



