Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . a spiny skin. The ox bot-fly (Hypoderma bovis De Geer) appearsfrom June to September, the worms occurring during May and inthe summer in tumors on the backs of cattle, until in July they fallto the ground; they remain in the pupa-case 26-80 days. The mag-gots of the horse bot-fly (Gastrophilus equi Fabr.) hang by theirmouth-hooks to the walls of the horses stomach. Family Platypezidae.—Antennae with an apical bristle; hypopygiumsymmetrically turned under the abdomen; middle tibiae with spurs;empodium
Entomology for beginners; for the use of young folks, fruitgrowers, farmers, and gardeners; . a spiny skin. The ox bot-fly (Hypoderma bovis De Geer) appearsfrom June to September, the worms occurring during May and inthe summer in tumors on the backs of cattle, until in July they fallto the ground; they remain in the pupa-case 26-80 days. The mag-gots of the horse bot-fly (Gastrophilus equi Fabr.) hang by theirmouth-hooks to the walls of the horses stomach. Family Platypezidae.—Antennae with an apical bristle; hypopygiumsymmetrically turned under the abdomen; middle tibiae with spurs;empodium wanting. Platypeza anthrax Loew. Family Pipunculidae.—Small flies with the head almost entirely oc-cupied by the eyes; face very narrow. Pipunculus cingulatus Loew. Family Conopidse.—Wasp-like, with a long abdomen; eyes broadlyseparated; proboscis much prolonged; third joint of the antennae 132 ENTOMOLOGY, with an apical style or a thick dorsal bristle; parasitic in the ab-domen of wasps and bees. Conops tibialis Syrphidae.—A spurious longitudinal vein between the third.
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