698 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



BORBORUS Meigen. 

 B. equinus Fall. Westville, V, 19, Newark, VI, 16. 



LIMOSINA Macq. 

 L. limosus Meig. Ocean Co., V, New Brunswick, VII (Sm). 



SPHiEROCERA Latr. 

 S. subsultans Fabr. Woodbury, V, 14 (Jn), Newark (Sm). 



Family PHORIDiE. 



Small huncb-back flies witb large, broad wings, often observed running about 

 on fallen leaves, windows, &c. The larvae are cylindrical, thinner in front than 

 behind, and live in dead snails, insects, decaying fungi, vegetables, &c, and 

 possibly in living insects. 



TRINEURA Meig. 



T. aterrima Fabr. Cletneuton, V, 9, Del. Water Gap, VII, 8. 



PHORA Latr. 



P. rufipes Meig. Del. Water Gap, VII, 12, Riverton, V, 23. 

 P. fasciata Fall. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 8. 

 P. interrupta Zett. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 8, 12. 



P. nigriceps Loew. Ocean Co., V (Sm), Del. Water Gap, VII, 12, Shark 

 River, VII, 12. 



P. albidihalteris Felt. Types bred from mushrooms, New Brunswick (Sm). 



P. fimgicola Coq. Clementon, V, 9, Del. Water Gap, VII, 12. 



P. agrarici Lint. Ft. Lee, V (LoveL 



P. scalaris Loew. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 12. 



P. sp. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 12. 



Sub-order PUPLPARA. 



The term really explains its own meaning, though perhaps the name " louse- 

 flies " may appeal more strongly to the imagination. 



The insects are flattened, adapted to live among wool or feathers, and infest 

 chiefly birds of prey. Among animals the sheep only is infested by a " tick," 



