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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  

  

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  prematurely 
  from 
  their 
  winter 
  hiding-places 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  from 
  the 
  

   gentleman 
  that 
  the 
  cellar 
  was 
  not 
  particularly 
  warm, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  

   dry 
  one. 
  Second; 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  reported, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  

   upon 
  meat 
  simply 
  salted 
  and 
  not 
  yet 
  smoked, 
  nor 
  has 
  the 
  experiment 
  

   to 
  rear 
  it 
  thereon 
  been 
  successful. 
  Miss 
  Murtfeldt 
  has 
  written 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  oviposit 
  on 
  fresh 
  meat 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  nor 
  does 
  it 
  

   seem 
  able 
  to 
  breed 
  upon 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  simply 
  salted, 
  but 
  not 
  smoked, 
  not 
  

   even 
  when 
  such 
  meat 
  is 
  folded 
  in 
  wrapping 
  papers." 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Insect. 
  

   The 
  perfect 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  fly 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   large 
  head 
  bearing 
  reddish, 
  prominent 
  eyes, 
  shown 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  at 
  

   d 
  and 
  e 
  in 
  fig. 
  i. 
  The 
  veins 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  nearly 
  colorless 
  and 
  much 
  

   weaker 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  house-fly 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  basal 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  legs, 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  tibise 
  and 
  tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  two 
  pairs 
  are 
  a 
  variable 
  

  

  Fig. 
  t. 
  — 
  PioPHiLA 
  CASEi 
  : 
  «, 
  larva; 
  b, 
  puparium 
  ; 
  r, 
  pupa; 
  d^ 
  male 
  fly; 
  ^.female 
  with 
  wings 
  

   folded— 
  all 
  enlarged. 
  (After 
  Howard, 
  Bull. 
  4 
  New 
  Ser., 
  Divis. 
  Entomol. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul.) 
  

  

  yellow. 
  The 
  females 
  are 
  a 
  Httle 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  males. 
  The 
  pu- 
  

   parium 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fly 
  emerges 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  as 
  of 
  a 
  golden 
  

   yellow 
  color 
  — 
  length 
  about 
  4 
  mm. 
  — 
  its 
  appearance 
  is 
  represented 
  at 
  b. 
  

   Though 
  the 
  parent 
  flies 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  cheese 
  and 
  

   around 
  smoked 
  meats, 
  they 
  usually 
  do 
  not 
  attract 
  so 
  much 
  attention 
  

  

  