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 BOMBYLIUS. B. varius.

1.

yellow hairy lioilv white markeil ami two sides of each ring; wing brownish. og in.; yellow hairs- tiarker on back wing half

J-r in.

black spots on

B. fratellus.

2.

Hover Fly. Eccfly.





the





leddish black. />.

3.

acijual/s.

in.

j'l;



ellovv,

liairv



half of the

fiont

wing

brownish.

B. fnIvHS.

4-

>4

black, with golden

In.;

hail-



wing

clear,

with

gold ellow veins. 5-

B. atriceps

Family

in.

J/4

like



B. fratellus

color,

but

darker.

STRATIOinVIID/E. Soldier Flics. Conl-(if-nrms-Flies. So named from the resemblance They feetl on flowers in swamps near water. Their larv.-e live in moist mould or They carry their wings, one covering the other, when at rest. 21.

of the body to a coat-of-arms. water.

SARGUS. I.

S. Jccorus.

2.

6'.

3-

S. xaut/ioptts.

4-

S. pallipes.

viridis.

3/8 ]/^

green bronze, with yellow legs. bronze green or blue, with green legs. green gokl. with sellow legs. y^ in. in. brownish black back of body, belly and legs yellow. in.

in.







%

Flat Fly.





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