166 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



FAMILY BOMBVLIAD^. 



438. BoMBYi.ius MAJOR Li)in. — Length of body, including pro- 

 boscis, 7 lines ; excluding do., 5 lines. Expansion of wings i in. to ^ 

 inch. Taken in Lat. 65 . 



[313.] Body black, thickly covered above with yellowish, soft, but 

 erect hairs ; underneath the hairs are whiter, but those on the breast, at 

 the origin of the legs, are black ; wings with the anterior half longitudinally 

 black-brown, the dark color on the inner side being sinuated or uneven ; 

 the posterior half of the wings is transparent with black nervures ; the 

 legs are long, and pale-yellow ; but the tarsi are reddish-black at the 

 extremity ; the eyes are triangular. 



[This species is taken in Europe, and in N. America in Nova Scotia, 

 New York, &c.] 



439. BoMBYLius PYGM^us Fabr. — Length of body, including pro- 

 boscis, 5 lines ; excluding do., 3 lines ; expansion of wings 9 lines. 

 Taken with the preceding. 



Body black, hairy. Hair below the eyes black ; eyes meeting at the 

 vertex ; behind the eyes the hairs are gray ; those on the thorax are tawny 

 or reddish with a white tuft on each side at the anterior and posterior 

 margin ; the wings are longitudinally dusky at the anterior margin ; more 

 than the posterior half is hyaline, with several scattered black dots, the 

 interior ones being the largest ; the legs are testaceous, but black at the 

 tip ; the abdomen is covered by reddish hairs with dark ones intermingled; 

 those at the anus are whitish. 



[Taken in various localities throughout N. America.] 



FAMILY TAEANID^. 



440. Tabanus affinis Kirby. — Length of body 7^ lines. Taken 

 with the preceding. 



[3 1 4. J Body black with hoary down. Proboscis, palpi, and base of 

 the antennae obscurely, all red ; down on the trunk very thin, mixed with 

 a few black hairs ; tubercles before the wings, winglets and knob of the 

 poisers, pale testaceous ; legs black with the four posterior tibiae rufous ; 

 wings embrowned, with darker nervures ; three first segments of the abdo- 



