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EiclobaaehyDnid Gan cele. sian eisice = Larva, pupa.......... Beling, 1879: 50-51. 
elobiaghybTiGan es eis es <ycon os ILA EE ey meas opens & Hart, 1898 [1895]: 199-200. 
Aho oia! [ODPOFUGIE sos 0.0.0 bg po oOo ee anvepupariens sels. Malloch, 1915-17 b: 229-230. 
VCUCRD PUTS. 6 Sole op aoa solr Larva, general........ Gerbig, 1913: 161-163. 
DOMMTNLO TUiCocckcoseosos boule ILER AVE, JOU Go oo op an ¢ Hudson, 1920: 32-33. 
nophomyia tripudians........... Generalbttee sie: Gamkrelidze, 1913, a and b. 
nophomyia tripudians........... Generale ence Keilin, 1913:3. (Hypodermal 
glands.) 
nophomyia tripudians........... Barve, Soret eects a Keilin, 1913:4. (Hypodermal 
glands.) 
nophomyia tripudians........... Generally ii.gyacussvahisiees Edwards, 1919 b. 
nophomyia tristissima........... Larva, pupa, general... Malloch, 1915-17b: 230-231. 
ALOU COMLENE LO her mien oe Generale eo as rck sets: Beling, 1879: 56. 
habdomastix schistacea........... Parva sO Uae er eee Beling, 1886: 195. 
rentepohlia bromeliadicola........ Larva, pupa, general... Picado, 1913: 356-357. 
rentepohlia leucovena............ General yer oieies stun ene Alexander, 1915b. 
rentepohlia pennipes............ Larva, pupa, general... De Meijere, 1911:50-51. 
eucholabis compleza............. Generales ee. Johnson, 1900. 
hionea araneoides............... _Larva, general........ Brauer, Egger, and Frauenfeld, 
: 1854. 
Subtribe Eriopteraria 
enus Molophilus Curtis (derivation obscure) 
1833 Molophilus Curt. Brit. Ent., p. 444. 
Larva.— Form long and slender. Spiracular disk squarely truncated and surrounded by 
ve subequal lobes; paired lobes of disk heavily lined with black; a black mark running proxi- 
ad from spiracles; dorsal lobe with an oval black area. Head capsule long and narrow; 
entral rods flattened; anterior ends expanded, four-toothed, to form mental plates. 
abrum narrow, densely hairy. Mandible blunt at apex; ventral cutting edge with about 
our teeth; a single subapical dorsal tooth. Maxilla large and blunt. Antenna large; apical 
apilla elongate-oval, sculptured. 
Puga.— Cephalic crest setiferous. Pronotal breathing horns long and slender, sinuously 
urved. Mesonotum declivitous, at crest with four powerful teeth. Wing sheaths ending 
t about midlength of second abdominal segment. Leg sheaths ending at about midlength 
f fourth abdominal segment; tarsi of middle legs the shortest. Abdomen with spiracles 
n segments 2 to 7; dorsum of segment 8 with four blunt lobes. 
Molophilus is a well-defined genus (including more than fifty species) 
f small and usually dull-colored flies, which are found practically thruout 
he world. . 
The adult flies frequent shaded situations and may be swept from 
ank vegetation in such places. The swarming habits of this group are 
iscussed later under the specific accounts. 
The immature stages of the various species are spent in wet earth. 
n Kurope, Molophilus obscurus (Meig.) (Beling, 1879:56) and M. ochraceus 
Meig.) (Beling, 1886: 193-194) have been found in wet earth near running 
