7*2 LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



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

 bous, the feet long, the proboscis small and inflected, 



Sp. 1. E.pennipcs. {PI. 9. fig. 6.) 



Genus 76. Conops. 

 Mouth with a porrected, geniculated rostrum ; nntcnnee clavated ; the 



clava acuminated. 

 Sp. 1. C. macrocephaki. (PI. 9. fig. 8.) 



Genus 77. Asilus. 

 Mouth with a straight, horny, liivalve haustellum, which is gibbous at 



the base; antennte filiform. 



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

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

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

 hairy, particularly the feet, and these end in small claws. Their larvae 

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

 coardata, beset with seta". 

 Sp. 1. A, crabronifiormis. {PI. 9. fig. P.) 



Genus 78. Bombylius. 

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



valves unequal, with three setje; two short hairy palpi; antenna: subu- 



lated, united at the base. 



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

 of flowers. 

 Sp. 1. B. 7najor. {PI. 9. fig. 10.) 



Genus 79. IIiproBoscA. 

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



nntenntE filiform ; feet with several claws. 



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

 stick so fast to their skins, that they must be torn before they can be 

 taken off. 



Sp. 1. H. equina. {PI. 9. fig. 11.) 



Order VII. APTERA. 



In this Order Linne arranged (if wee.xcept the Flea, Louse, and Le- 

 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 "Anmilosa'' in the Supplement 

 to Enn/c. Brit. vol. 1. part 2. 



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



