CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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STRATIOMYIA Geoff. 



S. meig-enii Wied. Westville, VII, 5, VIII, 8, Anglesea, VII, 19. 



S. norma Wied. Caldwell (Cr), Del. Water Gap, VII, 15. 



S. discalis Loew. Westville, VI, 15, Clementon, V, 16 (Jn), Elizabeth, V, 17 

 (Kp), Cramer Hill, V, 23. 



ODONTOMYIA Meig. 



O. cincta Oliv. Anglesea, V, 30, VII, 25, Avalon, VI, 9, Cape May, VI, 14 



(Jn), Palisades, VI, 7 (Love). 

 O. hieroglyhica Oliv. Morris Plains, VI, 25. 

 O. vertebrata Say. Westville, VI, 14, Anglesea, V, 30, VII, 19, Avalon, 



VI, 30. 

 O. virgo Wied. Westville, VII, 2-12, Merchantville, VI, 28. 

 O. microstoma Loew. Cape May, VI, 22, Anglesea, VII, 10-25, Atlantic 



City, VII, 15. 

 O. flavicornis Oliv. Caldwell (Cr), Southern New Jersey (Sm). 

 O. interrupta Oliv. Westville, IV, 26, Clementon, V, 10, 16, Sandy Hook. 

 O. pubescens Day. Sandy Hook. 



OXYOERA Meigen. 

 O. maculata Oliv. Lenola, Clementon, V, 30, Merchantville, VI, 28. 



NEMOTELUS Geoff. 



N. carbonarius Loew. Avalon, VI, 8, Cape May, VI, 14, Anglesea, VII, 4. 

 N. crassus Loew. Lenola, V, 30. 



PACHYG ASTER Meigen. 

 P. pulcher Loew. Avalon, VII, 22. 



Family TABANIDiE. 



These are moderate or large species popularly known as horse flies. They 

 have short, broad heads, enormous eyes, and short, though many-jointed 

 feelers. The abdomen is oval, a little flatened, and the body is convex and 

 powerful. The mouth parts consist of a series of fine sharp-pointed lancets, so 

 rigid that they readily pierce the skin, lying in a soft, fleshy labella. They 

 frequent woods or the edges of woodland, sometimes low meadows or marshy 

 places, and occasionally prove serious pests to stock. They are often trouble- 

 some in wood roads because, with three or four black flies buzzing about, horses 

 may be driven almost frantic. Similar species occur along the shore, where 



