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Table I — continued. 
Family. 
Species. 
Month. 
Occur- 
rence. 
Remarks on Habits. 
DoLICHOPODIDiE . 
( cont .) 
\ Gymnopternus metallicus, 
Stan. 
8 
com. 
Adults very active, living in communities 
in damp herbage. 
Porphyrops spinicoxa, Lw. 
8 
v. com. 
Larva probably in soil as described by 
Beling (p. 226, 18S2) 1 in the case of 
P. crassipes. 
Platypezidas 
Platypeza modesia) Ztt, 
9, 10 
occ. 
Larva in humous soil in meadow land and 
may also be coprophilous. 
SYRPHIDiE . 
Pipiza quadriguttata, Mcq. 
5, 6 
” 
Larva aphidivorous, adult anthophilous 
like most Syrphids. 
Melanostoma mellinum, L. 
6 
infreq. 
Larva aphidivorous, adult anthophilous 
like most Syrphids. 
Ascia podagrica, Fab. 
6 
» 
Larval habits unknown ; adults on low 
herbage. 
Tachinidje . 
Siphona geniculata, Deg. . 
5, 6 
com. 
Larva probably parasitic on Lepidopterus 
larva'. 
Anthomyiid.® 
f GhortopMla brassicse, Bch4. 
6, 9 
v. com. 
Larva attacks cabbage roots ; adult shelter- 
ing among herbage. 
Pegomyia bicolor, W. 
6-9 
com. 
Larva mines in leaves of Rumex spp. 
„ nigritarsis, Ztt. . 
6-9 
occ. 
,, hyoscyami, Pz. . 
6-9 
” 
Larva mines in leaves of marigolds and 
other plants (Cameron, p. 50, 1 914) 2 ; 
adults taken rarely, resting among herbage. 
Garicea tigrina, F. . 
7 
infreq. 
One specimen reared from larva at roots of 
grass ; adults in moist meadow places. 
Goenosia lineatipes . 
6 
” 
One larva found and reared under similar 
conditions as the previous ; probably both 
species are more often coprophilous. 
MlCROPEZIDiE 
* Calobata petronella, L. 
8 
,, 
Adults on low shrubs.. 
Trypetid® . 
Spilographa zoe, Mg. 
5, 8 
occ. 
Larva mines in leaves of Senecio spp. 
Opomyzim; . 
Balioptera tripunctata, Fin. 
7, 8 
v. com. 
Larva probably lives in stems of herbaceous 
plants ; adults numerous in herbage. 
,, combinata, L. . 
7, 8 
„ 
Habits similar to the previous species. 
Opomyza germinationis, L. 
7, 8 
abund. 
Larva unknown ; adults in herbage. 
1 Beling, .Th., “Beitrag zur Metamorphose der zweiflugeligen Insecten aus den Familien Tabanidse, Leptidse, 
Asilidse, Empidse, Doli.chopidse, und Syrphidse,” Archivfur Naturges., Jahrg. 48, Heft 2. 
2 Op. cit., 1913, vol. viii. 
