Fig. 325. — Stem maggot fly : Meromyza americana. 



696 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



MEROMYZA Meigen. 



M. americana Fitch. Atco, "^ 



VI, 4, Westville, V, 19, 

 Clernenton, V, 12 (Jn) ; 

 infests wheat, common 

 throughout the state, 

 but not thus far injuri- 

 ous (Sm). 



OHLOROPS Meig-en. 



O. versicolor Loew. New 

 Brunswick, Anglesea, 

 V, 28 (Sm), Jamesburg, 



VII, 4, Atco, VII, 9, 

 Clernenton, VIII, 6. 



O. crocota Loew. Clernenton, VIII, 6. 



C. sulphurea Loew. Atco, VI, 4, 18, VII, 9. 



O. grata Loew. Princeton, VII, 21. Del. Water Gap, VII, 12. 



C. assimilis Macq. Newark, Ocean Co., V (Sm), Clernenton, V, 9, Prince- 

 ton, VII, 21, Anglesea, VII, Riverton, X, 9. 



O. procera Loew. Clernenton, VIII, 8, Asbury Park, VIII, 16, Del. Water 

 Gap, VII, 11. 



C. eucera Loew. Jamesburg, VII, 4. 



C. unicolor Loew. Riverton, V, 14, Westville, VII, 12, Da Costa, VII, 30, 

 Princeton, VII, 21. 



C. variceps Loew. Ocean Co., V (Sm). 



C. obscuricornis Loew. Atco, VI, 4, 18. 



C. melanocera Loew. Riverton, V, 14. 



SIPHONELLA Macq. 



S. cinerea Loew. Riverton, X, 9, Cramer Hill, VIII, 24. 

 S. pumilionis Bjerk. Riverton, VII, 3. 



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Family AGROMIZIDiE. 



Consists of small or minute flies difficult to seperate from the allied groups. 

 The front is broad, the antennae short, arista absent, or, when present, bare or 

 only pubescent. The wings are broad, venation resembling that of the allied 

 families. The larvse vary greatly in habits : some are leaf miners, some feed 

 upon plant lice, others occur in galls in which their function is not yet well 

 understood. 



