Cr.ASS V. INSECTA. 295 



•^p. 1. Dasi/p. punctdtus. Mcig., Leach. 

 Inhabits sandy commons. 



Stirps 1.— Tarsi terminated by two claws ami two pulvilli : antenna 

 much longer than the head, inserted in a common footstalk. 

 Genus 316. DIOCTRIA. Mei^., Illig., Lair., Fair., Leach. 

 Sp. 1. Dioc. (Elandka. Fabr., Leach. 

 Inhabits the borders of woods. 



Stirps 3. — Tarsi terminated by tlirce claws; pulvilli wanting. 



Genus 517. GONYPES. Uitr., Uacli. Leptooaster. Meig. 

 Abdomen very long, slender, thicker towards its extremity. 

 Sp. 1. Gon. tipuluides. Latr., Leach. 

 Inhabits . 



Fam. VIII. Empid.e. Leach. 

 Empides. Latrcille. 



Bod^ long: a;i«gs incumbent : antcnnce two-joiiitcd : proboscis perpen- 

 dicular. 



Genus 518. EMPIS of authors. 

 Antenna three-jointed, the last joint terminated by a seta; palpi erect. 

 Sp. 1. Enipis Jiurca/is. Fabr. 

 Inhabits . i y>«^v/-^*^4^ 



Fam. IX. Antiiracid.il. Leach. 



Anthracii. Latreillc. 



Body short : wings divaricating : antenna; distant, two or three-jointed : 

 fiead as high as the thorax. 



Genus 519. ANTHRAX of authors. 

 Palpi received into the cavity of the mouth : proboscis short, not por- 



rect. 

 Sp. 1. Anth. Hottentotta. 

 Inhabits borders of woods on dry banks. i M^f^^t^ 



Fam. X. BoiiBYLiD^s:. Leach. 

 BoMBYLiARiA. Latreilk. 



Body short: wings divaricating: antenna contiguous, three-jointed: 

 head lower than the thorax. 



Genus 520. BOMBYLIUS nf authors. 

 Proboscis longer than the head, pointed : palpi distinct : antenna with 



their first joint much longer than the second. 

 Sp. 1. Bomb, jnajor of authors. {PL 9. Jig. 10.) 

 Inhabits open places in woods in the spring of the year. 



