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
(29)
