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NATURAL HISTORY

» OF

BRITISH INSECTS;

EXPLAINING THEM.

IN THEIR SEVERAL STATES,

WITH THE PERIODS OF THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, THEIR FOOD, @CONOMY, &c.

TOGETHER WITH THE

HISTORY OF SUCH MINUTE INSECTS

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Tob Pov ia Pie UM OS A. PLUMOSE, OR SEA TIPULA. ;

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a very fhort membranaceous probofcis, the back grooved and receiving a briftle: beak fhort and without a fheath : feelers two, incurved, filiform and longer than the head: antenne filiform in general.

SPPCIPIC CHARAGEER AND

S YON ON MAWES.

f Thorax greenifh: wings white gloffed with prifmatic hues, and a brown dot : antennz feathered.

TipuLta PLtumosa: thorace virefcente, alis albis: puncto fufco, antennis plumofis. Ludr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 406. n. 31.—Mant. Inf. 2. p. 324. . 37.

Tipula thorace virefcente, alis hyalins puncto nigro, Linn. Syft. Nat. xii. 2. p. 974. n. 26.—Ln. Suec. 1758.

is found in the month of April in marfhy places, and has Ire-

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Pie U LA POM O.N-2. GENERIC CHARACTER.

Head lengthened out. Upper jaw arched. Palpi two, curved, longer than the head. Probofcis fhort, and bent inwards. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Shining black: wings whitifh, with a central dark fpot in the anterior margin: thighs ferruginous.

TipuLA PomMonaé: glabra nigra alis lafteis: punto nigro, femos ribus ferrugineis. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 4. p. 249. /p. 74.

SES

We met with both fexes of this uncommon Infe& in Coombe Wood, Surrey, in the beginning of June, 1798.—The f{pecimen

Fabricius defcribed was taken in this country alfo, May 13, on a fruit-tree.

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DIPTERA.

Wings two.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Head long. Palpi 4, curved. Trunk very fhort,

SPEGIFIG CHARACTER,

Black fpotted with yellow. Legs tawny, with black feet, and a lack ring round the pofterior thighs. ‘Wings tawny, with a mar- inal brown {pot.

Syft. Ent. 748. 5.—Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 971. 4.—

£n. Sv. 1739.

Geoff. Inf. 2. §53-7- Tab. 19. Fig. 1.

Degeer Inf. 6. 349. 10.

Raj. Inf. 72+ 4p

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Scop. carn. 845.

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TIPULA RIVOSA.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Brown-grey. Eyes black. Antennz feathered. Wings larger thay the body, with three brown patches near the margin. ‘Tail of the femal bifid. Length one inch.

Syft. Ent. 748. 2.—Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 97%. 2« Fn, Sv. 1938.

Geoff. Inf. 2. 554+ 2

Degeer. Inf. 6. 341. 2. Tab. 19. Figs 1.

2 Sry pee be) Bae RO

Scop. carn, 846.

4éia Holm. 1739. Tab. 9. Fig. 8.

Sulz. Inf. Tab. 20. Fig. 128.

‘The Genus Zipula, comprifes an extenfive family of the Dipterow Order, or of fuch Infects as are furnifhed with two Wings only. Our Jargeft Species are Tip. Rivofa, Crocata, Lunata, &c. the moft com mon is 7. Oleracea, generally known by the trivial appellations, Long Legs, Old Father, &c. It is, as are alfo the other Species, perfectly harmlefs and inoffenfive ; yet their fingular form, and more particularly the extraordinary difproportion of their legs, operates frequently to their difadvantage with the ignorant, who readily fuppofe they have to avoid, the fecreted fting, of whatever appears aukward or uncommon.

Our fmaller Species are infinitely more numerous, and many of them are not defcribed, being fo very minute as to remaij The Tipula Plumofa, Plate xx11, ance from the larger kinds.

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We rarely find a fpecimen of the larger kinds of Tipula with the legs gomplete; the lofs of one or two of thofe members do not materially retard the brifknefs of its motions, but it cannot fly after fuffering a total amputation, though it will then live a confiderable time, ;

The Tipula Riyofa being entangled by two of its legs in the fnare of a large fpider [ARANEA DiapEma], at firft endeavoured to dif- engage them by force, but this rather added to its calamity, and a third leg was attracted by the glutinous matter on the threads; the {pider approached, and the ‘creature accelerated its efcape by leaving its legs in the web. It is very common to obferve the broken limbs of the Tipule in the fnares of this fpecies of fpider.

The Larvz of many Tipulz, more efpecially the very minute forts, are found in ftanding water, but the larger, generally feed on the roots of grafs, and may be found by turning up the light furface of the earth. The Tipula Rivofa is taken in May and June, the Tipula Crocata in June and July; the latter is obferyed in the flower-garden or orchard,

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Musca CHAMALEON,

Defcribed in Plate X X XI. of this work.

FE} Cae

As it appears magnified. We have taken it fince that plate was finifhed, or we would have introduced it withthe Fly. Being unac- quainted with any perfeét reprefentation of this aquatic larva, we are happy to give it before the completion of the firft volume,

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E.G. ¥, MUSCA CHAMALEON. CHAMALEON-FLy. DipTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER. - Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis and two equal lips:

fucker furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, very fhort or none; an- tenne generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Scutel bidentated and yellow: abdomen black, with lateral yellow bands.

Musca CHAMALEON. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 979. 3.

STRATIOMYS CHAMELEON: {cutello bidentato luteo: abdomine nigro: fafciis lateralibus luteis. Fabr. Ent. Sy/t. TAD 26325,

Stratiomys. Geoffr. Inf. 2.419. tab. 7. fig. 4

Linnzus, in a former edition of the Fauna Suecica gave this infec the name of Oeflrus Aque, but he afterwards difcovered it to bea Mufca, and called it Mufca Chameleon. It is a common infect in fome fituations, but yet though well known in its perfeé flate, few d fo minutely to its changes as to difcover that thefe form

have attende M tle

68 PLATE XXX.

the moft fingular part of its hiflory —The female depofits her Ce8s in the hollow flalks of aquatic plants, or broken reeds, oe fo provides for them that they cannot, but by fome unforefeen accident, be car. ried away. The egg, in due time ripening, produces a Larva, no way refembling the Parent, but rather a Worm of a moft fingular ftrugture. This happens about the latter end of May, or beginning of June, if the weather proves favourable ; they will thea be found in fhallow ftanding waters, crawling on the grafs or plants which grow there, or they may be taken floating on the furface of the water, The whole confifts of twelve annular divifions, of which the Head and Tail are two. The Tail has a verge of hairs, which, when en- tirely expanded, fupport the creature on the furface, with its head downwards. If it wifhes to defcend, it contraéts the hairs in the form of a wine glafs, or entirely clofes them at the end; and when again it is rifing to the furface, it forces a bubble from a {mall aperture in the center, which immediately makes a paffage for its afcenfion. After remaining fome time in the pupa flate, the Fly is produced: this appears about the middle of Judy. The nectareous juices of flowers, — which it extra€ts by means of its probofcis, or fucker, from the co- rolla ef flowers, conftitute its principal food in the perfeét fate.

FIG. Fe MUSCA PENDULA. PENDULUM-FLY.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Downy: thorax black, with four yellow lines: abdomen with three yellow bands.

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Musca Penpbuta. Linn. 8yft. Nat. 2. 784. 28. SyRPHUS PENDULUs: antennis fetariis tomentofus thorace hineis

quatuor, abdomine fafciis tribus flavis. Fabr. Ent. Syft. T. 4. 282. 17.

Its habits nearly correfpond with thofe of the Mu/ca Chameleon. Like that Infe& it once bore the appearance of an aquatic infeét, and like that alfo in its laft or perfect ftate, exifts upon the ne€tar of flowers. Jt is to be taken in June.

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EreG. oh, MUSCA LATERALIS. Rep S1pED FLy. SPECLFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Black: abdomen fanguineous at the fides, dorfal firipe and tip black.

Musca LATERALIS: nigris abdominis lateribus bafi fanguineis. Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. po 445. m. 370

Vifits flower gardens in the month of June. Its transformations

are unknown.

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PLATE DLIX,

MUSCA EPHIPPIUM. tr RUFOUS-THORAX MUSCA. DIPTERA. r. & GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a fhort exferted flefhy probotcis, and two equal lips: _ fucker furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, very thort, or fometimes

none: antenne generally fhort. _ * Stratiomys. Fabr. ia

- SPECIFIC CHARACTER

“ / AND : ¢ La ® pm nc by ngy pi

Scutel a Wy two eer thorax rufous, fpinous each fide. Gx a. a

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Taken in Coombe Wood, on the 4th of June, 1812, by Geo. Milne, Efq. F.L.S.

Mufca . is confidered as a fcarce infect in this country. nave been taken occafionally by the old colleétors about

thirty

It is know

56 PLATE DLIX.

thirty years go, or rather more, in the woods about Highgate, which, in confequence of the recent improvements in that viciany of the me- troplis, are now demolifhed. It has occurred likewife m the woods of Kent. Our good friend, John Swainfon, Efq. of Liverpool, met with three fpecimens at the fame time fticking againft the trunks of

trees; this happened about twenty years ago, and was then efteemed a

rare circumftance.

no other fpecies of Mufca that can be confounded with |

There is e thorax forms fuch a

this; the charaéteriftic rufous colour of th ‘th the black of the body and the dufkinefs of the

wings as to render this impoffible: neither do we recollect, among the innumerable tribes of exotic fpecies, any infect fo ftrikingly fingular, with the exception of fome of the Mutilla genus, the very different ftru&ture of which can never allow them to be miftaken for Mufca, even by the moft cafual obferver. When clofely examined, the thorax is perceptibly covered with fhort hairs; the body is quite {mooth and black, the legs black, and poifers pale yellowith. ‘The whole furface

beneath is black.

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MUSCA ULIGINOSA.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two equal lips: fuckers furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, very fhort, or none:

antenne generally fhort. »

* Nemotelus

Sucker with a fingle recurved briftle without fheath : feelers none: aatennz moniliform, the tip fetaceous, and inferted at the bafe of the probotcis.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS,

Male black: abdomen whitifh, with black bands at the tip. Female dark with a dorfal line of pale fpots on the abdomen.

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30 PLATE, DXIX.

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Musca wuuicinosa. Linn. Syf. Nat. 2. 982. 22. a

Nemore us niger abdomine niveo: fafciis duabus nigris Geoff. Inf. @. 543. I. | |

Stratiomys mutica. abr. Mant, Inf. 2,332. 20.

NEMOTELUS ULIGINOSUS: niger niveo apice atro. Fubr. Ent, Syjfi. TI. 4. 269. 299. I.

NemoreEtus uticinosus. Panz. Fn. Inf. Germ. fas. 49. tab. 21.

‘ PIGA-IL.-M, . Geng

NEMOTELUS MARGINATUS: niger abdominis margine tibifque albi. dis. abr. Ent. Syji. T. 4. 270. 229. n. 3.

STRATIOMYS MARGINATA. Mant. Inf. 2. 382. 19.

Nemotelus niger abdomine punétis albis, Geoff. Inf. 2. 543.

Nemoretus MARGINATUS. Panz. Fn. Inf: Germ. Sa: 49. tab. 32.

NEMOTELUS PuNCTATUS. Coquebert Illwir. Icon. Inf. dec. 3. tab. 23. f. 6.

Notwithitanding the very ftriking difference that prevails between the two infects above defcribed, we are induced to infert them as the two fexes of the fame fpecies, on the authority of W. E. Leach, Efq. by whom they have been captured in fome abundance, and who is well convinced of the accuracy of this affurance.

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The manifeft diffimilarity of thefe infe€ts could have afforded no reafonable ground for apprehending them to be the fame ; and this we notice in juftification of thofe numerous writers above mentioned, who have uniformly confidered them diftinét. The male infect having been previoufly defcribed under the name of uliginofa, we have con- ceived it right to retain that as the name of the {pecies, in preference to marginatus, the term afligned to the female. The male has the eyes large and brown, the thorax black; abdomen pale yellowith with a {mall fpot of black on the firft and fecond fegment, the third immaculate, the fourth with a fomewhat finuous band of black at the bafe, and the remainder with a narrow black band; that on the fourth fegment

being moft confiderable m fize. The underfide is dark with white ~ dots, and the legs yellow with dufky fpots. The eyes of the female are large and reddifh, thorax dufky, and gloffed with bronze, and the abdomen black, with a fingle dorfal row of white triangular fpots: the legs, as in the male, pale yellowith, with the middle of the thigh and fhank blackith.

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TABANUS NIGER.

BLACK TABANUS.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a ftraight exferted membranaceous probofcis, terminated in two equal lips: fucker projetting, exferted, and placed in a groove on the back of the probofcis, with a fingle-valved fheath and five briftles: feelers two, equal, clavate, and ending in a point: antennz fhort, approximate, cylindrical, with an elevated tooth at the bafe.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

TABANUs NIGER. Black: eyes filky green, with the anterior mar- gin and three bands of purple.

an = | Pa A new and very curious fpecies, lately difcovered in Hampthire by G. Montagu, Efq. The figures in the annexed plate will thew the upper and lower furfaces as they appear when magnified. The fmaller

figure exemplifies the natural fize.

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Antennz conic, of four fegments. “Trunks flefhy, terminated by two lips. Palpi, one on each fide of the Trunk.

SPECIFIC “CHABACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Eyes brilliant, green with black fpots. Thorax brown with -yellowifh lines. Body bright yellow with triangular black marks, anterior margin, and center of the Wing black.

Tapanus CAECUTIENS : oculis viridibus nigro punétatis, alis ma- culatis. Fab. Sy/ft. Ent. n. 18. p. 790. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 27. p» 459- Tazanus CAECUTIENS : oculis nigro-punctatis, alis maculatis.— Linn. Syft. Nat. 17. p. 1001. ed. 13. n. 17. p. 2385. Faun. Suec. n. 1888. Tabanus fufcus, abdominis lateribus pedibufque flavis, alis maculis fulcis. Geoffr. Inf. 2. n. 8. p. 463. Tabanus ‘nibul ofis. Harris Inf. Angl. tab. 7. fig. 5. Mujca bipennis pulcra, alis maculis amplis albis ete. Rai. Inf. ip. 272. | Le T aon ae, 4 cates du ventre jaunes, et ailes tachetées de noir. | Geoffr. Die buntaugichte Breme. ~ Panzer’s Deut{chlands ee &Fc, — Faun, Inf. Germ.

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62 PLA T Bo CKXXI.

In the months of June and July, or earlier in forward feafons, this Infe& is found in great plenty in the lanes and flirts of woods; and are very troublefome to perfons or animals who pafs through fuch places in the middle of the day they conceal, themfelves in the crevices of the bark of trees, or among the foliage till about an hour before noon, when they come forth in great plenty, and fettle on the hands and face, or other thinly,covered parts, and dart their fharp pointed trunks or probofcis into the flefh : we have obferved the fting of this Infect to be moft fevere about mid-day, particularly when the fun fhines bright, and emits much heat ;, a difagreeable fenfation continues in the ftung part: for fome time, and is generally. fucceeded by a large tumor, and a flight difcharge of pungent fluid before it difappears entirely.

To explain more minutely the- ftruQure of the trunk, we have given a figure of its magnified;appearance, at Fig. III: the outer coat, or fheath, terminates at its extremity, in two lateral, moveable lips, and contains a longitudinal, horny, convex blade; the acute point of which is concealed between thefe lips: this interior: tube, when examined with a Microfcope, appears to-confift of three others;. exceedingly fharp at the points. and are ufed by.the Infe& as lancets. to lacerate the flefh when it feeds, while it pumps, or fucks up the blood and moifture from the wound, through the capillary tubes with which feveral parts of the trunk are furnifhed.

It feeds in the fame manner on Infects, but chiefly on thofe in the larva ftate.

‘ e The fpecies is not uncommon in Germany, France, Italy, and. moft warm parts of Europe: alfo received from Georgia, in North America.

Fig. I. Natural Size. Fig. II. Front View of the Head mag= nified, with the Eyes and Probofcis ; the former-are moft beautiful;

iat ie objects when the Infeg is alive, but turn brown after at dies,

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MUSCA ATHERIX.

ATHERIXINE MUSCA.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips: ucker befet with briftles: feelers fhort and two in number, or fome-

times none: antenne ufually fhort.

% Antenne moniliform, with a terminal brifile.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS,

Black: body with a grey fpot on each. fide of all the fegments: in the middle of the coftal margin of the wings a dufky fpot furrounded by a crefcent of hyaline dots, and a duiky fpot at the bafe.

ATHERIX MACULATA (mas) Meig. Clafs. und. Befch. t. 1. p. 274.

This infect, which is clearly of the Mufca tbe im the fyftem of Limeus, conftitutes a new genus in the work of Meigel, under the name of Atherix.—The laft-mentioned genus has been recently

adopted by Latreille in his fubdivifions of the, Muice. There

24 PLATE DXLIX.

There is an appearance of novelty and fimple elegance in this little infect that ftrongly demands attention, though the colours are merely black and dusky, with a diverfity of the grey,—fuch in faét as in the more emphatic language of praétical colleétors might be called the widow’s weeds, or half-mourning. The fpecies is very rare.

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Pea ol eX kV. MUSCA SEMINATIONIS. DIPTERA.

Wings 2.

, GENERIC CHARACTER. A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi.

SPECIFIC GHARACTER.

Head and Thorax black-brown; Abdomen black, with very mi- nute fpecks of white. Wings clouded and fpeckled with brown. A yellow ftreak on the under fide of the abdomen.

_ Musca SEMINATIONIS. Antennis fetariis, alis atris cinereo punc-

tatis, abdomine bafi fubtus flavo.

Fab. Spec. Inf. 2 452. 90.

This fpecies is fometimes met with in meadows, on plaintain, thiftles, &c. in May and June.

It is a very pleafing object for the Microfcope, particularly the wings, which are finely reticulated and fpotted. Its magnified ap~ pearance is given with its natural fize in our plate.

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Wings two,

GENLARTC CHARACT EK.

A {oft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Head, thorax, and body, yellow brown. Wings, variegated with brown {pots, f Syft, Ent. 787. 80. Fabric. Spec. Inf. 2. 455. 105¢

Whether this is the Mufca Onopordinis of Linnzus, as quoted, _ We cannot exactly determine; it anfwers to his defcription of that infe&t, but he fpeaks fo very concifely, that we will not venture to aflure ourfelves of his M. Onopardinis being our fpecies. In this and many other inftances we find, that though brevity is the greateft ex.- cellence of the Linnzan defcriptions, it is alfo their moft effential fault.

The fpecies may, with much psopricty, ftand under the name Onopordinis, as we believe it has never been fiyured before; and, fhould the Linnzan {pecies be hereafter difcovered to differ from the prefent, a new name may be readily given to that infect.

Flies in April and May, and is very common in the fummer, in woods,

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GENERIC CHARACTER. The mouth formed by a foft flefhy probolcis, with two lateral

lips. No palpi. |

| SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Antennz furnifhed with a lateral hair. Wings white, with four fomewhat conneéted black bars acrofs. Scutellum yellow.

Musca SoLSTITIALIS: antennis fetariis, alis albis: fafciis quatuor connexis nigris, fcutello flavo. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 999. 127.—Fn. Su. 1879. | Degeer. Inf. 6. 42. 16. tab. 2. figs 10, 11.

La mouche des tetes de Chardons. Geoff. Inf. 2. 499. 14.

- Found in the middle of fummer on thiftles, and is an elegant —

_ object for the microfcope. ,

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ASILUS CRABRONIFORMIS.

Hornet Fy.

DIPTERA.

Wings, two:

GENERIC CHARACTER. Trunk horny? long ftraight, bivalved.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Body hairy; the three fegments next the thorax black, the four others yellow.

-As1LUS CRABRONIFORMIS: abdomine tomentofo antice fegmentis

; tribus nigris poftice flavo inflexo. Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 461.65.—Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 1007. 4.

Afilus ferrugineus abdominis articulis prioribus *atris pofteribus quatuor flavis Geoff. Inf. 2. 468. 8. tab.

17. fag 3: eee . Afilus fubehirfutus, antennis fetigeris, abdomine antice nigro poftice

flavo fulvo. Degeer. Inf. 6.244. 7. tab. 14. fig. 3. Mufca maxima crabroniformis. Raj. Inf. 267. Erax crabroniformis. Scop. carn, 974. Scheffer. Icon. tab. 8. fig. 15. w= Elem. tab. 13.

This

110% PLATE CLXXX,

This isa very confined genus. Fabricius in the Species InfeGtorum | defcribes only thirty-three kinds; of thefe not more than eight are natives of this country. The Afilus Crabroniformis is the largeft, and is not uncommon in fome places in the fummer, particularly frequenting wet meadows, and flying bufily about the middle of the day amongft flowers.

Its probofcis is a curious inflrument ; the fting of it is very painful, and caufes a {welling.

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DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofeis, and two equal lips : fuckers furnifhed with briftles : feelers two, very fhort, or fometimes none: antenne generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS. Body covered with yellow hairs: wings hyaline, with fufcous nb.

Musca Horrentorra : hirta flavefcens, alis hyalinus : cofta fufca. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1787.—Gmel, Linn. Syft. T. 1. p. 5. 2831. 13—Fabr. Spec. Inf. &. p. 415. n. 16.

Nemote.us Horrentotrus. Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 190. n. 12. t. 11. f. 7-—Scheff. Icon. t. 76. f. 6.

A large, curious, and elegant fpecies, and one of confiderable rarity

in this country ; in the north of Europe st appears to be very far from

uncommon,

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DIPTERA.

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CEINER EC CHARACTE Rh. Trunk taper, very long, between two honivontal valves;

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

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SYNONYMS,

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Thorax and body yellowifh brown, white at the extremity. Wings, with bro {fpots.

eo us Meptus: alis fulco pun¢tatis corpore flavefcente pof- " tice albo.— Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2. 1009. 2. 1919.

BomsyLivs PUNCTATUS niger an fulvis, alis fufco punétatis.—

De Geer. Inf. 6. 269. 2. tab, 15. fig. 12. Scheff. Elem. tab. 27.1. Icon. tab. 78. fig. 8 Fab. Syft. Ent. 802. 2. Spec. Inf. 2. 473.

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The Bombylius genus is very concife. Fabricius in the Species Infetorum enumerates only nine fpecies, of thofe five are found in

= major, medius, minor, ater and fufcus ; the three former

are natives of this country; the fourth is frequent in Germany ; the i lait

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laft in Italy—To thefe F abricius has added a few fpecies in his laft work Entomologia Syftema, which have not been defcribed before, but

they are all exotics.

The f{pecies figured in the annexed plate is not common. It lives on the ne€tareous juice of flowers. Is found in May. |

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MUSCA. HYPOLEON.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER:

A {oft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi.

SPECIFIC HWARACTER.

Eyes brown. Thorax black, margined with yellow. Abdomen black, with five yellow fpots. Legs yellow.

Mufca Hypoleon. Lin. Sy/t. Nat. Stratiomys Hypoleon. Fab. Mantifa. 2. p. 347. N° 63.

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This Infeét was taken laft Auguft, flying among fome rufhes in Batterfea meadows. The line at Fig. 2. denotes the natural fize.

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GENERIC, CHARACTER.

Trunk taper, very long, fharp, between two horizontal valves.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Body fhort, thick, covered with thick yellowifh down. Wings dark brown next the anterior margin; tranfparent next the pofte- rior margin. Legs long, a black.

fone Sy/ft. Nat. » food. Aas Sv. 1918. Bombylius variegatus, &c. Deszeer. Inf. ©. 268. ee ae 15. £ig. v0. v s+ Afilus, &e, ‘Geoff? Inf..2> 466. 1.3 Reaum. Inf. 4. Tab. 8. Fig. 115-12, 13+ Mouff. Inf. 64. Fig. 5. Scop. Carn. i018. Raj. Inf. 2.73. Schaef. Icon. Tab. 79. Fiz. 5. | Huffnag. Inf. Tab. 8. Fig. 3. Aldr. Inf. 359. fe 10¢

We

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We have only three fpecies of this genus in England, that, Me« dius, and Minor.

B. Major is not very rare, its ufual time of appearance is June and July. | r

‘Together with other fpecies of the Bombylius genus, it is fometimes, called the Sword-Bee-Fly: this appellation it receives from the fingu- lar form of its trunk; to affift our defcription, we have reprefented its appearance when magnified, at Fig. I. | \

It hovers from flower to flower, when the warmth of the fun in- vites it abroad, and extracts the neClar from flowers, by darting its probofcis into them, but never refts while feeding.

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i - BOMBYLIUS MINOR. SMALL HUMBLE BEE! FLY.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a very long ftraight fetaceous fucker, formed of two umequal horizontal valves, and containing fetaceous ftings.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Wings immaculate: body yellowith, hairy: legs teftaceous.

BomeyLivus minor: alis immaculatis, corpore flavefcente hirto, pedibus teftaceis. Linn. Sy/i. Nat. 1009. 4.— Fn. Sv. 1920.—Kabr. Ent. Syfi. 1. 4. 409. n.Q.

This is the laft of the Bombylius tribe we have to defcribe in the prefent work ; three {pecies only being found in Britain and of thefe

two are already included. The

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The three fpecies of Britifh Bombylii bear the names of major, medius, and minor; and thefe are fufficiently expreflive of the com- parative fize of each, major being the largeft, minor lefs by one half ; and medius of an intermediate fize between the other two. The latter appears to be more rare than either: it is found in fpring, hover- ing over flowers the neétareous juices of which, afford its favourite food. The figure reprefents this littJe fpecies in its natural fize.

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PLATE DLXXIV. MUSCA TENAX. DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER,

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis with two equal lips: fucker furnifhed with briftles; feelers two, very fhort or none; an- tenne ufually fhort.

* Syrphus. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Downy: thorax grey: abdomen brown: hind-fhanks compreffed and gibbous.

Musca TENAX. Linn. Syjft. Nat. 2. 984. 32.—Fn. Su. 1799. SyRPHUS TENAX: antennis fetariis tomenofus thorace grifeo, abdo- mine fufco, tibiis pofticis compreflo gibbis, Fadr. Ent. Syft. T. 4. 288. 36. / —————

- Found in dung and putrid fubftances.

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PLATE DVIL

MUSCA MORTUORUM.

DIPTERA,

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis and two equal lips: fucker furnifhed with briftles; feelers two, very fhort (or none) antenn»

fhort. SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Antenne feathered; thorax black: abdomen brafly green: legs black.

Musca MORTUORUM: antennis plumatis, thorace nigro, abdomme viridi neo, pedibus nigris. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 986, 66.—Ln. Sv. 1830.—Fabr. Ent. Sy/i. T. 4. $18. n. 23. .

A native of Sweden, and other parts of Europe; it is to be efteemed alfo a britifh fpecies, a fpecimen having been lately taken

by

6 PL AYP ER DVI.

by Mr. W. E. Leach, in Scotland: this was met with on the bog m which the battle of Bannockbourn was fought, a wafte in the vicinity of Stirling, and is the fole authority within our recolleétion

upon which we could venture to confider it a native of thefe —

kingdoms. It is a moft interefting acquifition, and is reprefented in its natural fize with all poffible fidelity, in two different pofitions.

In addition to the character afligned to this fpecies by Linnaeus, we ought to obferve that the thorax is lineated with black, and greyifh, a circumftance to which Fabricius refers in the expreflion “thorax fub- lineatus ;” in the fpecimen above defcribed, thefe lines are pretty

diftinét,

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MUSCA PULCHELLA:

STRIPED-WING MUSCA. DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips : fucker befet with briftles: feelers fhort, and two in number, or fometimes none: antennz ufually fhort.

- * Section, Antenne a naked brijile.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Downy, cinereous: difk of the wings yellowihh-brown, with a flexuous white hyaline ftripe.

Musca PULGHELLA: antennis fetariis pilofa cinerea alarum difco fufco flavefcente: vitta flexuofa albo-hyalina. Fabr. Ent. Syjt. T. 4. p. 352. fp. 167.

Mufca pulchella antennis fetariis pallida teftacea pilofa alis patulis late flavo nigro fafciatis. Roffi. En. Etrufe. 2. 514. 1528 tab. 8. fig. 6. mal.

The Fabrician Entomological work above-mentioned, affords a copious: and diftinct account of this elegant fpecies of Mutca. Fabricius met with it in the cabinet of M. Bofc, and obferves that

D2 it

£0 PLATE CCCLXVI.

it inhabits Gardens in Italy. Two years previous, however, to the appearance of Entomologia Syfiematica*, Roffius had defcribed and figured this fpecies in his Fauna Etrufca +, as an Italian infect, fo that the latter muft be confidered as the firft defcriber of it. Pro- bably it has not been noticed by any other continental writer fince {; as a native of Great Britain it is certamly undefcribed.

Mufca pulchella we muft efteem as a very fearce infeét in this country. Our fpecimens were taken in the Wilds of Kent, near Faverfham, and it has occurred, though rarely, as we are informed,

nearer the vicmity of London.

The upper figure in the plate exhibits an enlarged reprefentation of this curious infect in a flying pofition, the natural fize appears below.

* 1792. + Publifhed in 1790.

+ Gmelin omits this and many other very interefting infects defcribed by Fabricius, which we might expect to find in his improved edition of the Linnean Syfiema Nature.

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MUSCA CINGULATA. |

YELLOW GIRDLED MUSCA. DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flelhy probofcis and two equal lips: fucker furnished with briftles: feelers two, very fhort or fometimes none: antenne generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Musca cincuLaTa. Deep velvetty black with a fingle yellow zone on the firft joint of the abdomen: legs yellowith, extreme half of the thighs black.

Taken, though not in abundance, in the month of July, on the hedges near the road-side about Nutfield in Surrey. ‘The fmalleft

ficure, No. I. exhibits the natural fize.

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MUSCA VIBRANS. |

VIBRATORY FLY.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth’ with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis and two equal lips : fucker furnifhed with brifiles: feelers two, very fhort, or fometimes none: antenne generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS. _ Wings hyaline with the tip black: head red.

Musca visrans: alis hyalinis apice nigris, capite rubro. Linn, Fn. Suec. 1867.—Degeer. Inf: 6. p. 32. n. 11. Ef. 10:

Found about trees, and diftinguifhed in its flight by the brifk vibra- tory motion of its wings.

The figure refting on the leaf in the annexed plate denotes the na- tural fize, that in the upper part of the plate its magnified appearance.

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MUSCA QUADRISTRIGATA.

FOUR STREAKED FLY.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Musca QUADRISTRIGATA. Brown: band furrounding the eyes, four fireaks on the thorax, and {cutel yellow.

A minute fpecies reprefented in its natural fize by the fmalleft figure - in the lower part of the plate. Its magnified appearance is {hewn be- low.

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DIPTERA.

Wings two.

GENERIC CHARACTER. A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end, no Palpi,

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Head brown. ‘Thorax polifhed, greenifh, or braffy. Abdomen flat, obtufe, brownifh gold-colour. Legs yellowifh; Feet brown.

Mufca aurata = antennis fetariis nitida thorace zneo, abdomine obtufo aureo. Fabricius. nt. Syft. Vol. VI. 335, Mantiffa. Vol. HI. p. 347. No. 63.

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This Infe& has been only noticed in the latter writings of Fabri- cius. We have not found it uncommon in the fummer upon the leaves of Fruit trees ; and particularly on fuch as grow againtt a fouth wall: they fly brifkly about noon, when the fun {hines.

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Musca SEMI-ARGENTATA.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Eyes brown. ‘Thorax green; changeable to filver. Abdomen filvery, with thades of bright yellow, and grey, and fome tranfverfe ftreaks of black, vety changeable. _

Mufca femi-argentata. Marfham’s MSS.

We do not find that this rare and beautiful Infect has been de- feribed either by Linneus or Fabricius. It was taken a few years fince in Epping Foreft by Mr. Bentley, an eminent Collector of Englith Infects, and noticed by Thomas Marfham, Efg. Sec. L.S. an his Manufcript Notes, under the fpecific name Semi-argentata. Several {pecimens of it were taken Jaft June in Epping Foreft; ex- cept them, we have not heard of any being met with for fome time.

Fig. 2. natural fize. Fig. 3. magnified.

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GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two equal lips : fucker furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, very fhort (or none)

antenne fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER,

Green and golden, glofled with red, and cinereous: thorax lineated with yellow: abdomen

banded with black.

Musca FESTIVA.

An infeé&t of peculiar beauty, extremely rare, and which does not appear to be defcribed by any author.

The natural fize of this very curious fpecies is denoted by the fmaller figure in the upper part of the plate: when magnified, as is fhewn beneath, its appearance is remarkable for its fingularity. ‘The head is rather fmall and green, with eyes of a deep fufcous colour : the thorax green gloffed with blue, with a double goldeu yellow line in

the

14 PLATE DXI.

the middle, and a fingle one on each fide: the abdomen greenith, and partaking more of the rich metallic hues of gold, yellow, and tints of red, than the other parts. The whole of the body is of a fomewhat flender form; the wings large, and the legs long and

flender in proportion

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PLATE CCECXLV.

FIG. £ I. MUSCA MACULATA. SPOTTED FLY.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

“Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis and two equal lips: fucker furnished with briftles: feelers two, very fhort or fometimes none : antennz generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND 4

SYNONYMS.

Cinereous: thorax lineated with black: abdomen fpotted with black, and marked at the tip with two black dots.

Musca MACULATA: antennis plumatis pilofa nigra, thorax nigro- lineato, abdomine atro-maculato, ano bipunctato. Linn. Syft. Nat. 12. 2. p. 990. ». 70. Scop. ent. carn. 870. Musca MACULATA: cinerea, thorace abdomineque maculis nu- | merofis atris.. Fabr. mant. Inf. 2. p. 342. 2. 8.

; This VORs S111. oot

26 PLATE CCCCXLYV.

This is a remarkably pretty {pecies, and appears to confiderable ad- vantage before the lens of an opaque microfcope. ‘The two fmall. diftinct black dots on the extreme joint of the abdomen is a ftriking chara¢ter of this interefting infect.

The {malleft figure reprefents the natural fize ; this fpecies is found on plants in Europe, and 1s rare.

FIG. Tak

MUSCA SERICEA,

SILKY MUSCA.

PECIFIC CHARACTER.

Musca sEnicea. Silky: head, thorax and fcutel fubteftaceous: firft three joints of the abdomen reddish-orange with a dorfal black ftripe ; tip greyifh black.

if

A curious fpecies and of the fize denoted by the fmalleft figure (Ne. 2.) in the annexed plate. The whole furface of this infeét except the wings has a delicate filky appearance: the thorax is marked in the- middle with two diftant black lines, and each fide with two ihorter

lines

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lines of the fame colour, forming altogether a remarkable character of this particular fpecies, as

This kind appears to be rare, our fpecimen was taken in Kent in the neighbourhood of Faverfham.

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PLATE CCCCXIX,

MUSCA GROSSIFICATIONIS.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft, exferted flelhy probofcis, and two unequal lips: - fucker befet with fmall briftles: feelers fhort, and two in number, or fometimes none: antenne ufually fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Deep black: wings black, tipped with white.

Musca GRosSIFICATIONIS: atra, alis uigris apice albis. Lenz.

Fn. Suec. 1865.

Mufca antennis fetariis alis nigris apice albis. Linn. Syft. Nat. Edit. 10. p. 599. n. 84.

Mutca nigra alis fufcis, apicibus albis. 4é?. Upf. 1736. p. 33. . 50. Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 451. n. 83. Ginel. Linn. Syfi. Nat. 2855. 109.

La mouche a ailes noires & tache blanche a Vextrémeté. Geoff. In/: 2. p. 493. n. 1,

This

72 PLATE CCCCXIX.

This diminutive fpecies of Mufca is mentioned by Linnaeus as | one of the rareft of all the European infeéts. It is certainly un- common, and efpecially in England. Geoffroy found it on flowers in the royal garden at Paris. ‘The fmalleft figure denotes the natural — fize. :

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PLAT E» CCCCXXIX:

MUSCA HEMIPTERUS.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips: fucker befet with briftles: feelers fhort, and two in number, or fome- times none: antenne ufually fhort.

* Syrphus: antenne naked.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Musca Hemirrervs. Downy: thorax with a ferruginous border: wings thick, cimereous: fufcous varied with yel-

lowith.

Syrpuus Hemiprerus: antennis fetariis tomentofus thoracis limbe ferrugineo, alis craflioribus cinereis fufco fla- vefcentique variis. Fabr. Ent. Syjt. T. 4. 284. n. 22. Schaef. Icon. Tab. 71. fig. 6?

Musca Suscoteoptrata: Gmel. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2869. n.335.

An infeét nearly allied to the Linnean Conops fubcoleoptrata, or

Mujfca fubcoleoptrata of the Gmelinian edition of the Syftema Nature. Gmelin

96 PLATE CCCCXXIX.

Gmelin confiders it as the fame infe&t, but Fabricius defcribes it as a _ diftinét fpecies, diftinguifhing the M. Swbcoleoptrata by the black thorax, and cinereous wings with two brown flexuous ftripes ; and the M. Hemiptera (our prefent fpecies) by the thorax being fur- rouuded by a ferruginous border, and the cinereous wings varied with yellowifh.—Fabricius has fince conftituted a new genus of Dipterous infects, under the name of THEREVA, in which both thefe fpecies of

Mulce are included *. ‘

This mfeét is very uncommon in England.

* Suppl. Ent. Syft. I. p. 560. n. 2.

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MUSCA BRASSICARIA.,

CYLINDRICAL BLY.

DIPTERA. Wings 2. GENERIC CHARACTER.

‘

A foft flexible Trunk, with lateral lips at the end: no Palpi.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS,

Thorax greenifh. Abdomen cylindrical; fecond and third Seg- ment reddifh yellow.

Musca BRAssICARIA: antennis fetarus nigra, abdomine cylindrico: fegmento fecundo tertioque rufis. ab. Spec. Inf. 2,36. 443.—Sy/t. Ent. 25. p. 88.—Mant. Inf. I. 2. 43, 345.—Ent. Sy/t. 4. 327. 63.

Mufca cylindrica: Antennis fetariis pilofa cinereo nigra, abdomine cylindrico elongato medio rufo. Degeer. Inf: 6. ne 9. p. 30. tad. 1. fig. 12,

Mouche cylindrique. Abid.

Die Kohlfliege. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ.

Cc The

18 PLA Be 1 CL.

The Mufce, if we follow the arrangement of Linnzus, form by far the moft extenfive of any genus (except Lepidoptera) we have at — prefent any knowledge of. Fabricius enumerates in his laft * Work — no lefsthan 202 Species, under the generic title Mu/ca; independent of thefe we find 122, under the head Syrphus,; 22 under Rhagio, and 25 under Stratiomys, all of which (with fome exceptions) would make according to the Linnzan arrangement 349 f{pecies; not to notice the Infeéts of the fame tribe included under his generic appella- tions, Anthrax, Bibio, Nemotelus, &c. ‘

Mufea Brafficaria is not uncommon in gardens in May and June. Sometimes found on Willows,

Fig. 1, Oneof the Antenne magnified.

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SMALL, LONG HORNED BEE.

HYMENOPTERA.

Wings four, generally membraneous. Tail of the female armed

with a fling. GENERIC CHARACTER.

Jaws, with a Trunk bent downwards. Antennz elbowed in the middle. Wings plain. Body hairy. Abdomen conneéted by a _ pedicle.

wee iCir le VOHARACT ER AND SYNONYMS,

Antenne rather longer than the body. Entirely black, with greyifh hairs. Jaws yellow.

Aris TumuLornum. Lin. Sy/?. Nat. 2.953. 2. edit. 3.—Fn. Su. 1685. Apis Tumulorum: Antennis filiformibus longitudine corporis nigris maxillis flavis. Fab. Sy/t. Ent. 588. 57.—Spec. Inf. 1. 486. 122.

Eucera Tumulorum, vol. 2. 344. 159. Suiz. Hifl. Inf. tad. 27. fig. 14.

This extraordinary Bee is found in Summer, againft banks, when the weather is fine. Were it not forthe remarkable length of the

: ‘ . . Antenne, it would fcarcely deferve notice, though it is rather a

{carce Infeé. C2 FIG.

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LABANUsS, reuU VIALILS.

SPECKLED-WING STINGING FLy.

DIPTERA. Wings 2.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antenne conic, of four fegments. Trunk flefhy, terminated by two lips. Palpi ene on each fide of the Trunk.

ee Clan Cd A RAC ee AND

SYNONYMS.

Eyes green. Thorax brown grey, with feven longitudinal lines: Abdomen grey with marks of black. Waings brown fpeckled with white.

TABANUS PLUVIALIS. Lin. Syft. Nat. 16. p. 1001. edit. 13..”. 16: p. 2885.—Fn. Su. n. 1887. Tabanus Pluvialis: oculis fafciis quaternis undatis, alis fufco punc- tatis. Fab. Sy/t. Ent. n. 16. p. 790.—Spec. Inf. 2. n. 23. pv459.—Mant. Inf. 2. n, 26. p. 356.—Ent. Sy/t. vol. 4. p. 369. 134, 32. Tabanus fufcus, alis cinerecis, punétis numerofifimisalbis. Geof. tafe 1 2n op. ae. Le Taon Aailes brunes piquéesde blanc. Geoff. Inf. Die Regenbreme. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. Reaum. Inf. +. tab. 18. fig. 1. Harris Inf. angl. tab. 7. fig. 8. C 3 Scop.

22 PevAST Ee CL

Scop. carn. n. 1012. . Schrank. Inf. auftr. n. 978. m Schaffer. Icon. Inf. Ratifbon. tab. 85. fig. 8.9.

During all the Summer months we find this tormenting little Infeét in great abundance, in the narrow lanes and fkirts of woods. If it fettles on the hands, face, or legs, its fting is very acute, and excites an inflammation and {welling, very fimilar to that we ex- perience from the fling of the Tabanus ca@cutiens, defcribed in Plate 131, of this Work. .

Its fting is moft violent about the middle of the day.

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NECES: C6 A UBONIB Y LAN S. DiprTERA. Musca.

SPEC MrIC Gia GE i

SYNONYMS.

’ Antennz feathered. Body black and hairy; extremity of the Abdomen yellow.

Musca Bemsyuans. Lin. Sy/?. Nat.25.p.983.—Fn. Su. n. 1792.

Syrphus bombylans: Antennis plumatis tomentofus niger, abdomine poftice rufo.— Fad. Sy/t. Ent. n. 1. p. 762.—Spec. Inf. 2.1. p. 421.—Mantiffa Inf. 2. 1. p. 834.~—-

Ent. Syft. 4. p. 279. 232.

Conops pocopyges. Pod. Muf. grec. n.

Die hummelartige Schwebfliege. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. Harris. Inf. angl. tab. 10. fig: 3.

FED Re ES

This is acommon Fly; and is found in woods in May. A figure of one of the Antenne is given at Fig. 4.

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MUSCA TRILINEATA. TRILINEATED FLy. ‘Divaeea,

Musca.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND | SY NONY MS.

Yellow green. Three longitudinal black lines on the Thorax. Abdomen marked with black. Two teeth on the {cutellum.

Musca TRILINEATA: antennis filatis clavatis, fcutello bidentato, ? corpore viridi, thorace lineis abdomineque faciis nigris. Liz. Sy/t. Nat. n. 6. p. 980. edit. 13. 2. 6. p. 235. ' Stratiomys trilineata: {cutello bidentato, corpore viridi, thorace lineis abdomineque faciis nigris. Fab. Syft. Ent. n. 7. p. 760.—Sper. Inf. 2.9. p. 418.—Mantiffa. Inf. 2. 14. p: 331. Stratiomys luteo-virefcens. Geoff. Paris. t. 2, n. 7. p. 482. Stratyomys fafciata, Fourcroy. Ent. Paris. 2. 7. p. 468. -Griine Waffenfliege. Dreygeftreifte Waffentliege.

La Mouche-armée jaune 4 bandes noires. Panz, Faun. Inf, Germ.

Sa

A very curious and fcarce fpecies. It was found among fome

elder leaves which were gathered in Batterfea Meadows, early in

June, 1795. When

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ceedingly bright, and partakes fomewhat of a metallic and eek feveral parts, but this brilliant a gra

magnified figure of fucha minute Infeét.

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PLATE CCCCI.

PIG a MUSCA PYRASTRI.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips: fucker befet with briftles : feelers fhort and two in number, or fome- times none: antenne ufually fhort.

* Antenne a naked briftle.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Almoft naked, black: alerax immaculate: abdomen with three

pair of recurved whitifh lunules.

Musca Pyrasteri: nudiufcula, nigra, thorace immaculato, abdo- | mine bis tribus lunulis albis recurvatis. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1817. Scop. Ent. Carn. 931. Gmel. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2875- fp. 51. Syreuus Pyrastrai. Fabr. Spec. Inf. 2. p. 432. n- 58.—Mant. Inf. 2. p. $40. n. 67.—Ent. Syft. T. 4. 305.

m. 102. De Musca

20 PLATE CCCCI.

Musca Rosm. De Geer. Inf: 6. p. 108. n. 5. é. 6. fag. 18. Mautea thorace nigro-viridi, abdomine atro ovato, tribus paribus

lunularum albicantium.—lLa mouche a fix taches blanches en croifiant fur le ventre. Geoffr. Inf-2. 517. n. 46. Frifch. Inf. 11. ¢.2 Reaums Tijes. 3).

The larva of this Infeét feeds on the fpecies of aphis that infetts the common pear; it is of a fine green colour, with a fingle yellowifh white dorfal line, extending the whole length, from the head to the extremity of the tail. , The winged infeGt occurs in gardens.

EKG ue MUSCA CAEMETERIORUM.

SPIECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SY NONY MS.

Brafly black: abdomen depreffed, black, and fhinmg: wings

blackifh.

Musca CAEMETERTORUM: nigro aeneus abdomine depreffo atro nitido, alis nigricantibus. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1842. Syi. Nat. 2. 992. 89.

Syrpuus Caemetertonum: Fabr. Ent. Sy. T. 4. p. 303. n94-

Tnhabits Sweden, and other parts of Europe, as well as England.

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FIG. III.

MUSCA RIBESII

RED CURRANT-LOUSE FLY.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Almoft naked: thorax immaculate: abdomen with four yellow belts, the firft interrupted.

Musca Risescii: nigra nudiufcula, thorace immaculato, abdo- mine cingulis quatuor flavis: primo interrupto. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1817.—Gmel. Linn. Syjt. Nat. 9875. n. 50.

Feeds on the aphides ribis, or plant-loufe, that infefts the red

currant.

This infect agrees with the Linnean fpecific defcription of Ribefcit ; yet we muft obferve, that the extreme fezment of the abdomen being yellow, feems to forma fifth, or additional yellow band, to the four, defcribed by that author and by Fabricius

PLATE

40 PLATE CCCCLI

brownih red, and the ¢lub of the poifers yellow. Its wings are brown midway down from the coftal rib, and becomes hyaline towards the ghinner margin. The legs are reddith. ;

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MUSCA PLUVIALIS.

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RAINY FIVE-SPOT MUSCA. DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft, exferted, flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips: fucker befet with briftles: feelers fhort, and two in number, or

fometimes none: antenne ufually fhort.

* Antenne a naked brifile.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Cinereous, with five black fpots on the thorax, and obfolete {pots on the abdomen.

Musca Puiuviauis: cinerea, thorace maculis quinque nigris, ab- domine obfoletis. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1844.—Linn: Syft. Nat. 2.992. 83.—Gamel. Linn. Syjt. Nat. T. 1.

p. 5. 2847. Jp. 83.

Musca Puuviauts. Fabr. Spec. Inf. 2. p. 443. n. 40.— Mant. inf. 2. p. 340. n. 47.—Ent. Sy. T. 4. p. 329.

Sp. 71. La Mouche cendrée & points noirs. Geoffr. 1 nf. Par. 2. p. 529. 2. 68- De Geer. Inf. 6. p. 27.0. Cs . 18 This

VOR. XI.

" 84 P LAT Be CCCLXXII.

This pretty infect is a general inhabitant of Europe. Before rain.

it is obferved to affemble in fwarms, and conceal itfelf under the leaves of plants, where it remains perfectly tranquil till the rain is over. It is reprefented both in the natural fize, and magnified, in the

annexed plate.

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FIG. I.

MUSCA ROTUNDATA.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two unequal lips : fucker befet with briftles: feelers fhort and two in number, or fome- times none: antennz ufually fhort.

* Antenne a naked briftle.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS,

Thorax lineated: abdomen fubrotund, ferruginous, with a dorfal line of black dots.

Musca Rotrunbata: thorace lineato, abdomine fubrotundo fer- rugineo : linea longitudinali punttorum nigrorum. Linn. Syjt. Nat. 2. 991. 67.—£n. Suec. 1838. Fabr. Ent. Syji. T. 4. p..325. n. 57.

Musca nigra, abdomine hemifpherico rufo, punctorum nigrorum . ° SI \ 4 ordine longitudinali.— La mouche noire a ventre

hémifphérique roux tacheté de noir. ‘Geoffr.

Inf. T. p. 509. n. 32. M 2 Lefs

B4 PLATE CCCCXXIV.

Lefs than the common houle-fly, Mufca Domeflica. It inhabits various parts of Europe, and is not common in England.

The thorax is of a brownifh colour lineated with dufky : the body nearly round, and marked dowa the middle of the back with a feries of blackith {pots or dots; the wings are whitifh, faintly tinged with teftaceous towards the bafe, and the legs blackith.

FIG, IL MUSCA ARCUATA,

- SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS,

Elongated, black, fpots on the fides of the thorax, and four arcuated bands on the abdomen yellow,

Musea ARcU ATA; nigra, antennis elongatis, thorace maculis Ja- teribus, abdomine cingulis quatuor a arcuatis flavis. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1806.

Syrpuus Arcuatus: Fabr. Ent. Syjt. T. 4. p. 293. n. 55, Panz. Fn. Germ. 2. tab. 10. | ¥

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This fpecies is found on flowers. It is a general inhabitant of Europe; in England this infect is fearce. —

Fabricius defcribes a very diftin&t fpecies from this under the name

of Mufca Arcuata; the infeét we have figured is the Mufca Arcuata only of Linnwus, Syrphus Arcuatus of Fabricius. i 5 eb tat pet ' as

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eG. iL MUSCA GROSSA. GREAT Brack Fty. DIPTERA.

CANGR ITC CHARA C7 LR: A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. ‘No palpi.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER | AND

SYNONYMS.

Body hairy, black. Wings ferruginous at the bafe.

Musca Grossa: pilofa nigra, alis bafi ferrugincis. Linn. d Gmel. T.1. pe 5» p- 2845. fp. 75+ Fn, Suec. 1837. Fab. Sp. Inf. 2. p- 441. n. 39- Scheff. Icon. tab. 108. fig. 6. Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 21. me 1. tab. 1. fig. I.

=

The largeft of the Mufca genus found inthis country. Breeds in

dung,

FIG.

54 P LAT E CCCXLVI.

FIG. EL MUSCA BICINCTA,

DousLe Be.TeD Fry.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Black. Sides of the thorax and two belts acrofs the abdomen yellow.

Musca Bicincra: nigra, antennis elongatis, thorace lateribus punctis abdomineque cingulis duobus flavis, Linn, @ Gmel, JO, 2. §-p. 2872. fp. 38, Fab. Sp. Inf. 2. p27. 1. 20. Degeer. Inf. 6. p.120. 0. 16. t. 7. fig. 16.

BE LG. Jt MUSCA VIBRANS. | VIBRATORY Fry,

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Wings tranfparent, black at the tip. Head red,

Musca

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_ Musca VisRANS: alis_hyalinis apice nigris capite rubro.

Linn. a Gmel. T. 1. p. 5. p. 2855. fp. 112. Fab. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 450. n. 81.

Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 32... Ut. t. 1. fig. 19. Geoffr. Inf. p. 2. p. 494. 1. 45

— ons

Remarkable for the continual vibratory motion of its wings.

FIGS Tw MUSCA CLOSES Saitou

SPECTFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Somewhat hairy, black ; two pellucid fpots on the firft fegment of

the abdomen.

Musca Nocrituca: fubtomentofa atra, abdominis fegmento primo maculis duabus pellucidis. Linn. a Gmel. TE. pe §- Po 2874. P- 40- Faun. Suec. 1814. | Fab. Sp. Inf. 2p. 431.1. 54.

FIG.

56 PLATE CCCXLVI..

Mt Guy, MUSCA SCYBALARIA.

SPECTFICCCTIARHEHE R. Reddith brown, an obfcure dot in the Wings.

Musca ScypaALarIA: rufa ferruginea, alis puncto obfcuriore, Linn, a Gmel. T. 1. pu 5. p. 2853. fp. 104. Faun. Suec. 1860. Fab. Sp. Inf. 2» p. 449. 2.72. Scop. Carn. 896,

Found on Dung.

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PLG. f. MUSCA MYSTACEA.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER. if

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofcis, and two equal lips: fucker furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, and fhort, or fometimes

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none: antenne generally hort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Black : head, margin of the thorax and tip of the abdomen yellow.

Musca MYSTACEA: nigra, thorace abdominisque apice flavis. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1793.

Syrphus myftaceus. Fabr. Spec. Inf. T. 2. p. 421. 175. Lm Scheff. Elem. t, 131.—Icon. t. 10. f- 9

Tnhabits woods.

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16 PLATE CCCCLX&L

ELG>s ii. MUSCA MERIDIANA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Hairy, black: front golden: wings ferruginous at the bafe.

Musca MERIDIANA: nigra, fronte aurea, alis bafi ferrugineis. Linn. Fn. Suec. 1827. Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 435. n. 3.

Mufca nigra, alis bafi ferrugineis. Geoff Inf. 2. 495. 5.

Common in woody places throughout moft parts of Europe.

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ELG.,b MUSCA INANIS.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a foft exferted flefhy probofeis, and two equal lips : fucker furnifhed with briftles: feelers two, and fhort, or fometimes none; antennz generally fhort.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SY NONY MS.

Brown: abdomen pale yellow, with three black bands.

Musca INANIs: antennis plumatis pilofa flavefcens, abdomine pel- lucido cingulis duobus nigris. Linn. Sy/t, Nat. ALI. 2. p. 989. n. 61.— Ln. Suec. 1825.

cee INANIS: fufca, ee pellucido ; cingulis tribus nigris. Fabr. Spec. Inf. 1. p. 435. n. 1.—Mant. Inf. 1. p. 342. 2. |.

Mufca apivora. Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 56. n. 3. t. 3. fi 4.

Volucella fexta. Scheff: Icon. pl. 36. fig. 7. 8.

This is an interefting fpecies, and not common: the figure denotes

the natural fize. Se é 12 FIG.

60 PLATE CCCCXC,

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MUSCA HIRSUTA.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Deep black, gloffy, and befet with long briftly hairs : wings blackith, at the bafe fubfufcous.

Musca TREMULA. Fabr. Spec. Inf. 2. p. 442. n. 832?

The prefent infect bears a firong refemblance to the Mufca groffa, of which it might be confidered, at the firft view, as a dwarf variety, being rather lefs thaa half'the fize of that fpecies, As in Mufca groffa, the thorax, and abdomen are befet with fuff briftly hairs, but thefe are more numerous, aud at leaft twice the length in proportion, in the present fpecies, to thofe on the former infect.

The Mufca hyfirix of Drury is very fimilar to this in appearance, but is larger: it approaches, however, ftill nearer the infeét called by

Harris (Expof.) Mufca obfidianus, than Mufca hyfirix,

From the cabinet of Dr, Letfom,

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SHEEP BOT-FLY, GAD-FLY, er BREEZE-FLY.

DIPTERA.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Mouth with a fimple aperture, and not exferted: feelers two, each confifting of two articulations, with the tip orbicular, and feated on each fide in a depreffion of the mouth: antennz of three joints, the laft fubglobular, and furnifhed at the anterior part with a briftle, placed in two hollows of the front. |

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS,

Oxzstrus Ovis. Wings tranfparent, with fpots at the bafe and dotted nerves: abdomen filky white, varied with black dots and fpots.

Reaum. Inf: t. 36. fig. °2.—Larva. 8, 9.

OsstTRis Ovis. Wings tranfparent, with fmall fpots at the bafe: abdomen chequered with black and white. C/arke, Linn. Tranf. V. 3. p. 313. tab. 23. fig. 14—17.

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This is one of thofe deftruGtive creatures which infeft quadrupeds, and are known under the general appellation of the Bot-flies. The particular fpecies now before us is that peculiar to the Sheep tribe.

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26 PLATS Wh.

Every hufbandman is acquainted with the direful effects produced by the ravages of thofe intruders in the vital economy of that ufeful race of creatures, though few are correétly acquainted with their hiftory. The Bots, indeed, have never been fufficiently or properly deferibed till within the laft few years, when the fubjeét was invettigated by Bracy Clarke, Efq. and it muft be added, with a degree of accuracy highly creditable to himfelf and fatisfaGtory to the public. The refult of his remarks appeared firft in a Memoir publithed in the third Volume of the Linnean Tranfaétions, and fubfequently in other pub- lications. Thefe obfervations may be truly faid to form the bafis of our prefent knowledge of the Oeftni tribe, than which no race of infects whatever, can be more firictly deferving the attention of the Entomologitt or the obfervation of the Agriculturit.

In defcribing the individual fpecies of Oeftrus at prefent under con- fideration Mr. Clarke obferves, that about the middle of June he procured fome full-grown larve frem the infide of the cavity of the bone which fupports the horns of the Sheep. They were nearly as big as thofe of the large Horfe-bot, of a delicate white colour, flat on the under fide and convex on the upper, having no {pines at the divifions of the fegments, though provided with two curved hooks at the fmall end: the other extremity is truncated, with a fmall prominent ring or margin, which feems to ferve the fame purpofe, though in an inferior degree, as the lips of the Oeftrus equi and hemorrhoidalis, by occafionally clofig over and cleaning the horny plate of refpiration.

The larve are perfe¢tly white and tranfparent when young, except the horny plates, which are black: as they increafe in fize ihe fegments of the upper fide become marked with two brown tranfverfe lines, and fome fpots are obfervable at the fides. They move with confi- derable quicknefs, holding with the tentacula as a fixed point, and drawing up the body towards them. The under-fide of the body is marked with a broad line of dots, which, on examination with glaffles, appear to be rough points, ferving perhaps the double purpofe of aflifting their paflage over the fmooth and lubricated faces of thefe

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membranes, and of exciting alfo a degree of inflammation in them where they reft, fo as to caufe a fecretion of lymphor pus for their

food.

Mr. Clarke obferves, that he has moftly found thefe animals in the horns and frontal finufes, though he has remarked that the membranes ling thefe cavities were hardly at all inflamed, while thofe of the maxillary finufes were highly fo; and hence he was led to fufpeét that they inhabit the mawillary finufes, and crawl, on the death of the ani- mal, into those fituations in the horns and frontal finufes. The breeds, he prefumes, are not confined to any particular feafon, as the young and full-grown larva are found together at the fame time.

The larve, when full grown, fall through the noftrils to the ground, and change to the pupa ftate, lying on the earth or adhering by the fide to a blade of grafs: in this ftate it remains about two months, when the fly appears—The manner in which this fpecies depofits its eggs is difficult to obferve, owing to the obfcure colour and rapid motions of the fly, and the extreme agitation of the fheep; but from the mode of defence the fheep takes to avoid it, and its manners afterwards, there can be little doubt that the eggs are de-

pofited im the inner margin of the noftril.

The moment the fly touches the noftril of the fheep, the latter fhake their heads violently, and beat the ground with their feet, hold- ing their nofes at the fame time clofe to the earth, and running away, earmeftly looking on every fide to fee if the fly purfues: they alfo may fometimes be feen fmelling to the grafs as they go, left one fhould be lymg in wait for them; which if they obferve, they gallop back, or take fome other direction, as they cannot, hke horfes, take refuge in the water. To defend themfelves againft its attacks they have recourfe to a rut, or dry dufty road, or gravel-pits, where they crowd together during the heat of the day, with their noles held clofe to the ground, which renders it difficult for the fly, who attacks

on the wing, to get at the noftril. EQ Perhaps,

28 PLATE Ot.

Perhaps, fays Mr. Clarke, (in concluding his general obferva- tions,) the removal of the fheep to a diftant pafture during the months of June and July, whilft the greater number of the Bots are yet on the ground in the ftate of pupa, and not bringing them again on fach ground till the fetting in of winter, would be the means of deftroying them moft effectually; and this procefs, repeated for two or three years fucceflively, in places where the Oeftri are particularly trouble- fome, might prove eventually ufeful to the farmer,

A highly-magnified figure of this fpecies in the winged ftate is fhewn in the annexed Plate, from which it will appear an infect of fingular character, and no very inconfiderable beauty. The fmall figure denotes the natural fize,

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HIPPOBOSCA HIRUNDINIS.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Roftrum bivalve, wavering: feet armed with many nails.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER

AND

SYNONYMS.

Wings tapering from the bafe to a point fix claws on each foot.

HierpososcA Higunpinis: alis fubulatis, pedibus hexadaétylis. Linn. Syft. Nat.2.1010.3. Fn. Sv. 1923. Geoff. Inf. 2.547. 2.—Panz-Faun. Inf. Germ.

Found adhering to the bodies of the Swallows, and is not unfre- quently obferved in the nefts of thofe birds.

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FIG. II. HIPPOBOSCA OVINA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER

Without wings.

HippoBosca OVINA: alis nullis. Zinn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 1011. 4 Fn. Sv. 1924. Frifch. Inf. 5. tab. 18.

This and the preceding, with the two {pecies included in plate 261, are the only defcribed examples of the Hippobofca genus found in Britain.

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GENERIC CHARACTER.

Roftrum bivalve, wavering: feet armed with many nails.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS.

Wings obtufe: thorax varied with white: feet armed with three crotchets or claws.

‘Hippozosca Equina, alis obtufis, thorace albo variegato, pedibus tetradaétylis. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 1010. 1. Fn. Su. 1921.—Fab. Ent. Syft. Vol. 4. p. 415. 1. Degeer. Inf. 6. 257. 1. tab. 16. fig. 1. Reaum. Inf. 2. tab. 179. fig. 8, 9-

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AIPPOBOSCA AVICULARIA.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND

SYNONYMS.

Wings obtufe: Thorax of one colour.

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