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DIPTERA OB TKUE FLIES. 



provided with a sharp piercing mouth (fig. 126, b), with which 

 they suck the blood of man, horses, and cattle. The females 



Fig. 12i>.— a, Head, and b, Proboscis of Tab.\nus adtum.vahs. 

 (After Delaford.) 



a, Antenna ; p, maxillary palp ; t, proboscis ; 5, mandibles and maxilla- ; Is, epi- 

 pharynx ; la, liypopharynx ; li, labium. 



are especially bloodthirsty ; the males feed ofif the nectar of 

 flowers. The larvae (fig. 127, d) live in the ground, and are 



(', Imago : D, lan-a ; K, pupa. 



carnivorous in habits. They are also known under the names of 

 Horse-flies, Breeze-flies, Seruts, and Brimps. There are several 



