26g CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Se*. 



Family PLATYPEZID/E 



Fig. 25. Calotarsa insignis Aldr. a. Drawn from male. 



In the "flat-footed flies" the posterior tarsi are broad and 

 flattened, especially in the males. The wings are propor- 

 tionately large. They are quick little flies and are often 

 seen darting around on leaves, active in the shade and at 

 times seen hovering over foliage about sundown. The larva; 

 live in mushrooms and other fungi. 



415. Agathomyia lutea Cole 



Parkdale, IX-5 (Cole). 1919, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 4, IX, p. 238. 



416. Platypeza abscondita Snow 

 Hood River, VI-8 (Cole). 



417. Platypeza cinerea Snow 

 Hood River, X-30 (Cole). 



