. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . FIG. 4. LARVA OF CIIAUL10DES , side view; i, dorsal view; c, an abdominal segment enlarged; d, anal segment with appendages similarly enlarged. AFTER LINTNER. Chauliodes pectinicornisLinn. This species isknown as the comb-hornedfish fly, and a single femalespecimen was bred from apupa found in an old pinestump in the edge of thewater near the outlet ofLittle Clear Pond. This. is the largest of the ashen FIG. 5. THE COMB-HORNED FISH-FLY, CHAULIODES PECTINICORNIS,NATURAL SIZE-after LINTNER. gray spe
. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . FIG. 4. LARVA OF CIIAUL10DES , side view; i, dorsal view; c, an abdominal segment enlarged; d, anal segment with appendages similarly enlarged. AFTER LINTNER. Chauliodes pectinicornisLinn. This species isknown as the comb-hornedfish fly, and a single femalespecimen was bred from apupa found in an old pinestump in the edge of thewater near the outlet ofLittle Clear Pond. This. is the largest of the ashen FIG. 5. THE COMB-HORNED FISH-FLY, CHAULIODES PECTINICORNIS,NATURAL SIZE-after LINTNER. gray species of Chauliodes. Chauliodes serricomis Say. This form, known as the saw-horned fish fly, wasvery common along Little Clear Creek between the hatchery and the railroad. Half 520 REPORT OF THE a dozen specimens could be picked any day in July from the sedges and flower-ing ferns in walking across this short open space. A large number of egg clusters were seen, all of them on the under sideof the leaves of the flowering fern, Osmundaregalis. One cluster was found to contain 900 eggs,and, while others were larger, many of them weresmaller. The period of incubation is about 17 days,and there appears to be a great uniformity in all eggsfig 6 the saw-horned fish fly °f tne same mass. Numerous clusters were pickedcuauliodes serricornis, NATU- wjth the eggs all hatching at once, heads protruding RAL SIZE. .... after lintner. and jaws widely swung open, a most curious s
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