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BOMBYLIUS. 
mainder being transparent and marked by pretty 
numerous black spots. 
Bo7nl)ylius major Lin. greatly resembles the 
above, but is described as having the wings de- 
stitute of spots, being only marked by the black 
upper division: the Linnagan characters however 
of these two species of Bombylius hardly seem 
sufficiently distinct. 
The genus Bombylius is not very extensive. 
