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 LEPTID/C.

Family H.

skio-crish flies, met in wood, moss or water.

Snipe Flies.

So named from some kinds which have long bills. They are Tlieir larva' live in the gronnd in decaying

grass or bnshes, preying on other insects.

tall

LEPTIS.

black; edges of chest, of rings of body, and the legs, yellow. in. black; cliest with golden hair; body with silver spots on each side. -f brown stripes on chest body with triangular spot on each ring. three L. albicornis. j in. vellow, with black wing smoky. velvet deep in.; L. {chrysopila) velutina. -f^

1.

Z. ornala.

2.

L

3.

4.

Jj

in.



{c/irvsopila) tlioracica.









Z Z

vertebrala.

z

fasciata.

z

qnadrata

in.

.;,8

myslacea.

brown

^

in.

black



brown

with white stripes; body yellow and black. body oi'ange wing with brown bands.

edges of chest, rings

vellow, with three

]/^

.

slate gray,



in.; chest

fg

brown

vellow. Like a small Z. ortiata. on chest and bands on body wing with

antl legs

stripes



spot.

^

10

Z. fiimipennis. L. punctipennis.

11.

Z, plitmbea.

-^^ in.

12.

Z. basilaris.

li in.

9.

Snipe Fly.

in. f'jr



brown, with vellow bands on bodv and in.



lead gray





brown wing with brown wing with brown stripes.

blackish



brownish black. (29)

legs



w ing brown.

spots and point.

a

square