664 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



X. analis Will. Clementon, VI, 3, Palisades, VI, 7 (Love). 



X. chalybea Wied. Caldwell (Cr), Clementon, V, 14 (Greene). 



SYRITTA St. Farg. & Serv. 

 S. pipiens Linn. Common throughout the State, May to Sept. 



CHRYSOOHLAMYS Bond. 

 O. dives O. S. Westville, VI, 15. 



SPILOMYIA Meig. 



S. longicornis Loew. Anglesea, IX, 3 (Sm), VII, 19, Rivertou, IX, 5, West- 

 ville, IX, 13. 



S. fusca Loew. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap, VII, 14. 



S. hamifera Loew. Clementon, V, 30 (Greene), Caldwell (Cr), New Bruns- 

 wick, VI, 5 (Sm). 



MILESIA Latr. 



M. ornata Fabr. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap, VII, 11, 15, Clementon, VIIL 

 9, Cumberland Co., IX. 1 (Jn), New Brunswick, VIII, 8 (Sm). 



SPHECOMYIA Latr. 

 S. vittata Wied. Riverton, V, 1, Clementon, V, 9, 16 (Jn), Caldwell (Cr). 



CERIA Fabr. 

 O. abbreviata Loew. Clementon, V, 16. 



Family CONOPID-ffi. 



Medium-sized flies with a large head, comparatively small, chunky body, and 

 a long abdomen, which is often constricted at base and enlarged bulb-like at 

 tip, as in certain wasps. They are called "thick-head" flies, and have rather 

 slender antennas, though long for this series. The larvae are parasites upon 

 bees and grasshoppers. 



CONOPS Linn. 



O. brachyrhynchus Macq. Merchantville, VI, 29, Atco, VII, 12, Del. Water 

 Gap, VII, 11, 14. 



O. bulbirostris Loew. Atco, VII, 12 (Jn), Westville, V, 31 (Greene). 

 C. sylvosus Will. Atco, VII, 12 (Jn), Caldwell (Cr). 



C. xanthopareus Will. Ocean Co. (Sm), Clementon, V, SO, Westville, VIIL 

 16, Jamesburg, VII, 4. 



C. excisus Wied. Da Costa, VII, 30, Riverton, VII, 3. 



