72 LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



llovvers and in gardens; their head is small and round, the thorax gib- 

 bous, the feet long, the proboscis small and intiected. 



Sp. 1. E.pennipes. (PL 9. fg. 6.) 



Genus 76. Conops. 

 Month with a porrected, geniculatcd rostrum ; antemia clavated ; the 



clava acuminated. 

 Sp. 1. C. nutcrocep/iala. (PI. 9. fig. 8.) 



Genus 77. Asilcs. 

 Mouth with a straight, horny, bivalve haustel/iim, wliich is gibbous at 



the base; antenna filiform. 



The insects of this genus live Viv preying on those of the Dipterous 

 and Lepidoplcrous orders. When they are at rest, their wings in 

 general are incumbent on the abdomen, which is long and small, often 

 liairy, particularly the feet, and these end in small claws. Their larv.-c 

 feed in the earth, on the roots of plants : they change into a pvpa 

 coardata, beset with seta;. 



Sp. 1. A. crabronij'ormis. (PL 9. fg. 9.) 



Genus 78. Bombylius. 

 Mouth with a very long setaceous, straight, bivalve haustellum ; the 



valves unequal, with three seta"; tuoshort haijy palpi; antama; subu- 



lated, united at the base. 



The insects of this genus, while they fly, suck the nectareous juices 

 of flowers. 

 Sp. 1. B. major. (PL 9. fig. 10.) 



Genus 79. HirroBoscA. 

 Mouth with a short, cylindrical, bivalve haustellum; the valves equal ; 



antenna filiform ; feet with several claws. 



The insects of this genus live by sucking the blood of animals; and 

 stick so fast to their skinsj that they must be torn before they can b^ 

 taken oft'. 



Sp. 1. IL equina. (PL 9. fig. 11.) 



Order ATI. ArTERA. 



In this Order Linne arranged (if we except the Flea, Louse, and Lc- 

 pisma,) animals widely different from genuine insects: I shall only 

 enumerate the names of Linne, and the Classes they constitute. The 

 characters of the numerous tribes and genera into which they are dis- 

 tributed, are fully detailed in the article "Annidosa" in theSuiipIemcnt 

 J to Enci/c. Brit. vol. 1. part 2. 



The following genera belong to the Class Insecta, the characters of 



