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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EUANTHA V. d. Wulp. 

 E. liturata Oliv. DaCosta, VII, 30. 



ZELIA Desv. 

 Z. vertebrata Say. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 8. 



MELANOPHORA Meig. 



M. rorulis L,inn. Clementon, VIII, 6, Avalon, VII, 29, Del. Water Gap, 

 VII, 12. 



METADEXIA Ooq. 

 M. basalis Giglo-Tos. Dover, VI, 23. 



THELAIRA Desv. 

 T. leucozona Panz. Avalon, VII, 22. 



Family SARCOPHAGIDiE. 



These are the " flesh flies," so called 

 because they lay their eggs on exposed 

 meats or other animal matter, these 

 eggs being either ready to hatch or 

 actually hatched when laid. The an- 

 tennal bristle is here plumose at the 

 base and bare at tip, and as scavengers 

 the insects are useful, some larvae 

 occurring in excrement and decay of 

 all sorts. 



SARCOPHAGA Meig. 



S. carnaria Linn. Cape May, VI, 

 14, Anglesea, VII, 19. This is 

 the common flesh-fly. 



S. segra Walk. Westville, V, 19, 

 Anglesea, VII, 19. 



S. georgiana Wied. ? Common thro- 

 ughout the State. 



Fig. 319. — The flesh-fly, very much enlarged. 



HELICOBIA Coq. 

 H. helicis Town. Avalon, VII, 22. 



