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 S wa mp Fly.

NEMOTELUS. N. pallipes.

j^V

in.



black



body

steel

blue



legs yellow.

Coat- of-Arms Fly.

STRATIOMYS. S. Meigenii.

^

in.



black



body on each

side a triangular spot.

and tail-end yellow. 6'. norma. black, with chestiuit stripe on chest part: body Y-z in. with yellow spot and streaks legs yellow. 5". intermedia, black; yellow hairy: body with a yellow ^s inspot on each side and yellow edges, l.ilack body green, with black stripe legs yellow. black body with four white spots. black body whitish, with a black stripe legs yellow. in.





4-





picipes.

5-

6'.

6.

5. vcrtehrata.

3yi

in.

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22. SYRPHID/E. HummiiK.I Flies. Drone Flies They feed on the honey of Oowers. Volucella is valuable plant lice destroyers, laying their eggs among the plant lice nests. are the most Hyrp/iiis Others live in ants' nests or rotten wood. Eristalis lives in the water. Many of parasitic on bumblebees.

Family

the

flies

closelv resemble bees,

bumblebees or wasps.

PSARUS. Humming Fly. P. ornatus.

yi in.



black; chest with two yellow stripes; body wilith eight yellow

bands.

P. qiiadrifasciatus. % four yellow bands.

in.;

black,

chest with four yellow

(39)

spots;

body with