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Table II — continued. 
, . 
Family. 
Species. 
o 
Occu 
renc( 
Remarks on Habits. 
ANTHOMYIIDiE . 
Spilogaster depuncta, Fin. 
6 
com. 
Larva in cow-dung. 
(cont. ) 
Hydrotxa irritans, Fin. 
8 
,, 
Larva in humous soil and cow-dung. 
,, dentipes, F. 
6, 7 
Larva in manure. 
Hylemyia variata, Fin. 
5, 8, 9 
v. com. 
Larva probably in decaying vegetable and 
other substances. 
„ pullula, Ztt. 
8 
infreq. 
Habits of larva similar to the previous species. 
„ strigosa, F. 
5, 9 
com. 
Larva in manure and fungi. 
f Anthomyia radicum, L. 
5-11 
v. com. 
Larva in dung, humous soil ; also attacks 
cabbage roots like 0 . brassicse. 
,, sulciventris, Ztt. 
8 
occ. 
Larval habit unknown ; adults shelter among 
herbage. 
Chortophila striolata, Fin. 
5, 8 
com. 
Larva in dung. 
t .,, sepia, Mg. 
5 
Larva said to live in cornstalks (Brauer, 
p. 71). 1 
Homalomyia scalaris, F. . 
8 
infreq. 
Larva probably in manure. 
,, canicularis, L. 
7-10 
com. 
Larva in manure, dung, decaying vegetable 
substance. 
C/ORDYLURIDiE . 
Norellia spinimana, Fin. . 
8 
infreq. 
This species said to have been reared from 
the larva of Anthomyia versicolor ; larva 
also said to have been found in the stems 
of Rumex aquaticus (Brauer, p. 93). 1 
Scatophaga' scybalaria, L. . 
,, ster cor aria, L. 
,, squalida, Mg. . 
7 
6-10 
6, 7 
com. 
abund. 
com. 
1 Larva in cow-dung ; adults frequent herbage 
j to prey upon other smaller insects. 
Helomyzidzs . 
\Helt>mym gectoralis, Lw. . 
9 
occ. 
Larva in fungi and decaying vegetable matter ; 
adults frequent moist, shady places. 
LonchjEid^: . 
Lonchxa chorea, F. . 
5, 7 
com. 
Larva in manure. 
Lauxania senea, Fin. 
8 
occ. 
Larva said by Winnertz (Brauer, p. 90) 1 
to live in stems of Viola tricolor ; probably 
live in manure. 
Sepsid^: . 
Sepsis cynipsea, L. 
7, 9 
v. com. 
Larva in decaying vegetable substance. 
Borborid.® 
Borborus nitidus, Mg. 
7, 8 
Larva in dung and refuse. 
,, equinus, Fin. 
7, 8 
Larva in decaying vegetable matter and dung. 
Limosina fontinalis, Fin. . 
7, 8 
com. 
Phorid.e . 
Phora rujipes. Mg. . 
6 
infreq. 
Larva in decaying vegetable matter ; various 
authors record it as parasitic on other Dip- 
tera and Lepidoptera. 
Brauer, F., loc. cit. 
