Position when at Rest. The front part of the body is 
slightly raised, but not invariably so; and the wings, which invarab: 
touch at their bases, are widely divergent and carried in a horuonti! 
position, lying practically in the same plane as the abdomen 
Ratio of Sexes.— During the heat of the day the male* p? 
ponderated ;* but towards evening the sexes occurred in about equal 
numbers; the captured females W( 
emerged ones, and a large proportion of the eggs which thev Wir 
captivity proved infertile. 
Food of the Adult.— During a period of 14 days a axtfc 
, a ^ was e P* 011 bot h catt Ie and horses m various farm yards 
u «1 c < onuiK hi, but no flies were sen < 11 
”"u.i s or to suck blood from them; game time sneal 
pno- P ° • ? 0t *' ln,llt ' s il1 " 1 females pttued m 
blood More °ver. a freshly emerged mat 
f T ,lK ' write ^ s own hand Then- IS 1, 
" " <x " . a8to ,,u ' Wood sucking habits of this •!% which 
need not be repeated in this communication 
apparent^feeTupoTTl ^ - t0 °" fre5h CO " dun& ** 
proboscis rapidly over the « on "• P*«“« 
tional or rarely seen in . ^ ; snch *»bits were apparently • 
fed on the fresh faeces of H ° !’ natUrc ; b,,t in captivity they readily 
the latter. A female ^ lorst ' and sheep, more especially so or 
thorax of a dead ron aS ^ S ° seen to drive its proboscis into the 
body. Three specimeTTd apparentl > r *uck up the juices of its 
also sucked up the f ° r Upon sornc su g ar and water, and some 
Movements of -m t> *° m a decayed ,n ' 1 fetid ; 
frequently depressed tu ROBoscis - Die base of the proboscis» 
of the labium remain* 11 * PaJp * become fully exposed, but 
» etevated. same position, or is very 
eX,ble ’ an d can be instmH^ J *° int in front of ,he palp* is 
? n be COni Pletely straiVrhm mflated 50 that the entire proboscis 
jessed vertically. T f le , , ed * and eit her extended horizontally or 
"• Straightened. taki n ^ 3,50 be : 
-“ the labmm pr0P " 
