diptera

The writer bred from the adults a species of Diptera a Tachinid but has not been able to ascertain the species.

Most Diptera frequent flowers and may be collected with a sweeping net without much difficulty.

Some insects, such as minute Diptera, are injured by the use of hot water, and for these dipping in hot spirits is recommended.

Insects of the Diptera order also, like frogs and toads, commit their eggs to the water imbedded in masses of jelly.

In the larv of many Diptera the under-lip is merely a small tubercle, which can be protruded from the insect's mouth by pressure.