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  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  Ocellar 
  tiiangle 
  defined 
  by 
  a 
  deep 
  suture 
  which 
  extends 
  down 
  the 
  

   front; 
  three 
  transverse 
  rows 
  ot 
  bristles 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  front; 
  six 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  row, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  pair 
  and 
  four 
  lateral; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   row 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  four 
  nearly 
  equidistant 
  bristles; 
  six 
  nearly 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  row, 
  the 
  median 
  pair 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  just 
  in 
  front 
  point 
  

   downward. 
  Eyes 
  bordered 
  behind 
  and 
  below 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  of 
  

   brisdes, 
  — 
  very 
  minute 
  setae 
  occur 
  at 
  the 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  facets. 
  Antennae 
  

   five-segmented; 
  first 
  short, 
  irregular; 
  second 
  very 
  large, 
  subspherical 
  ; 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  cylindrical, 
  slightly 
  expanded 
  apically; 
  basal 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  fifth 
  cylindrical 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  preceding, 
  distal 
  portion 
  

   setaceous, 
  much 
  elongated, 
  plumose. 
  Labium 
  yellow, 
  usually 
  re- 
  

   tracted; 
  palpi 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  somewhat 
  fusiform 
  and 
  bearing 
  several 
  

   apical 
  bristles 
  ; 
  basal 
  portion 
  short, 
  obscurely 
  divided 
  into 
  several 
  

   sub^egrilents. 
  

  

  Dorsum 
  of 
  thorax 
  thickly 
  pubescent, 
  several 
  stout 
  bristles 
  occur 
  near 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  scutum 
  of 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  wings. 
  Costal 
  vein 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing; 
  first 
  

   heavy 
  vein 
  joining 
  costa 
  near 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  same 
  ; 
  second 
  heavy 
  vein 
  

   forked 
  near 
  the 
  apex; 
  costal 
  margin 
  fringed 
  with 
  stout 
  setae 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  

   second 
  heavy 
  vein; 
  the 
  four 
  wing 
  pores 
  on 
  this 
  vein 
  are 
  even 
  more 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  than 
  in 
  Phora 
  agarici 
  Lintn. 
  ; 
  first 
  light 
  vein 
  nearly 
  straight 
  ; 
  second 
  

   curved 
  at 
  basal 
  fifth 
  and 
  apical 
  fourth; 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth, 
  sinuate. 
  

   Basal 
  portion 
  of 
  ha'iteres 
  brownish-black, 
  apical 
  portion 
  inflated, 
  yellowish- 
  

   white. 
  Several 
  apical 
  bristles 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  outer 
  portions 
  of 
  

   the 
  cox^ 
  ; 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  unarmed 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  fringed 
  v/ith 
  

   stout 
  spines 
  posteriorly, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  apical 
  spine; 
  tarsi 
  about 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  tibiae. 
  Abdomen 
  rounded 
  dorsally, 
  tapering 
  from 
  

   a 
  broad 
  base. 
  

  

  Lengtli 
  of 
  body 
  1.92 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  wing 
  2.4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens, 
  all 
  females,' 
  The 
  puparium 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  resembles 
  closely 
  that 
  oi 
  Phora 
  agarici 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   larger, 
  — 
  bein"g 
  about 
  2.4 
  mm. 
  long. 
  

  

  Piophila 
  casei 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  The 
  Cheese 
  Skipper: 
  The 
  Ham 
  Skipper, 
  

  

  (Ord. 
  Diptera: 
  Fam. 
  Piophilid.^.) 
  

  

  Macquart: 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Ins. 
  — 
  Dipt., 
  ii, 
  1835, 
  pp. 
  541-542 
  (common). 
  

  

  Westwood: 
  Introduct. 
  Class. 
  Ins., 
  ii, 
  1840, 
  pp. 
  573-574 
  (mention). 
  

  

  Kirbv-Spence 
  : 
  Introduct. 
  Entomol., 
  1846, 
  p. 
  168 
  (mention 
  as 
  Tyro- 
  

   phaga 
  casei), 
  

  

  PTreat: 
  in 
  Harper's 
  New 
  Month. 
  Mag., 
  xxii, 
  1861, 
  p. 
  609, 
  fig. 
  2 
  

   (popular 
  account). 
  

  

  Harris: 
  Ins. 
  Inj. 
  Veg., 
  1862, 
  p. 
  621 
  (brief 
  mention). 
  

  

  LoEW 
  : 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Sci.-Art., 
  2d 
  Ser., 
  xxxvii, 
  1864, 
  p. 
  320 
  (accom- 
  

   panying 
  man; 
  translation 
  by 
  Baron 
  Osten 
  Sacken). 
  

  

  OsTEN 
  Sacken: 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Sci.-Art., 
  2d 
  Ser., 
  xxxvii, 
  1864, 
  p. 
  318 
  

   (common 
  to 
  Europe 
  and 
  America); 
  Cat, 
  Dipt. 
  N. 
  Amer., 
  1878, 
  

   p. 
  199. 
  

  

  