300 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Sp. 1. Scut, merdoria. Latr., Leach. 

 Inliabits cow-dung. 



Genus 545. ANTIIOMYIA. Meig., IlUis.., Latr., Leach. 

 Antcnntt shorter than the head : hmd hemispheric, transverse : vertex 



inchned : hodi/ not much lengthened. 

 Sp. 1. Anth. pluviatis: Latr. 

 Inhabits woods. 



Stirps -1. — Antenna: inserted near the upper part of the head, not seti- 

 gerous : palpi internal : liaUcrcs visible : anterior legs differing in form 

 from the others. 



Genus 546. PIPUNCULUS. Latr., Leach. 

 Antenns two-jointed, the last joint subulateu at its extremity : anterior 



legs simple. 

 Sp. 1. Pip. campcstris. Latr. 

 Inhabits meadows. 



Genus 547. SCENOPINUS. Latr., Fair., Leach. Cona. Schel- 



lenberg. 

 AntennfC three-jointed : anterior legs simple. 



Sp. 1. Seen, niger. Ivatr. 

 Inhabits houses near woods. 



Genus 548. OCIITHERA. Latr., Lruch. MACRonirR.-j. Meig. 

 Anterior legs ra])torious : unlcnuce terminated by a bearded seta. 

 Sp. 1. Och. Mantis. Latr. 

 Once taken in Devon by Dr. Leach. 



Stiri's 5. — Antennce frontal, very short : pa/jji internal : /ia/?eres entirely 

 or partly concealed : uings divaricating. 



Genus 549. PHASIA. Latr., Leach. Thereva. Fair., Walck., 

 Meig., Fanz. 

 Antenna: distant, sub-parallel, last joint subquadrate, with a biarticulate 



seta : {bodj/ short : abdomen depressed, semicircular : wings large.) 

 Sp. 1. Fhus. variabilis. Leach. 

 INlusca hcmiptcra. Linnc. 



Stirps 6.— Antenna: fronted, as long as the face : palpi internal, or 

 partly concealed: wings divaricating. 



Genus 550. MUSCA of authors. 

 Antennce with the third joint very much longer than the others: uhdo- 



men moderately long, subacuminate. 

 Sp. 1. Mas. vomitoria (con\monh\uc-hott\e Hy). Latr. 

 Inhabits every where. It is the insect that deposits its eggs on meat, 



which are commonly denominated lly-blows. 



