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 Family

24.

SCENOPINID/E.

from being often found on the windows.

Window. Flies. Their body is

Small black flies, without bristles. They are named and their wings overlap each other when at rest.

flat,

Window

SCENOPINUS. I.

S. pallipes.

Family

25.

%, in.



metallic brown, with vellow legs and

LONCHOPTERID/C.

grasses in moist places.

Spear-winged Wings cover each other when at

LONCHOPTERA.

Family

26.

PIPUNCULID/E.

Flies.

Fly.

brown wings.

Small brownish or

yellowish

flies;

live

on

rest.

Spear- winged Fly.

Big-eyed Flies.

.Small flies,

sometimes found on flowers; their heads

are all eyes.

PIPUNCULUS. Big' Eyed

Family feet are

27.

Fly.

PLATYPEZID/C.

widened and

flat.

They

Like small house flies, but the upper joints of their Flat-fooled Flies. are found hovering in the air or running swiftly over leaves.

PLATYPEZA.

Flat-footed Fly.

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