300 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Sp. 1. Scat, merdoria. Latr., Leach, 

 liiliabits cow-dung. 



Genus 545. ANTHOMYIA. Meig., Illig., Latr., Leach. 

 AntcniKE shorter than the head : Imui hemispheric, transverse : verttx 



incUned : body not mucli lengthened. 

 Sp. 1. Anth. pluvialis. Latr. 

 Inhabits woods. 



Stirps 4. — Antenna: inserted near the upper part of the head, not seti- 

 merous: pu/pi internal : haltcres visible : anterior legs differing in form 

 from the others. 



Genus 540. PIPUNCULUS. Latr., Leach. 

 Antenna two-jointed, the last joint subulated at its extremity : anterior 



legs simple. 

 Sp. 1. Pip. campestris. Latr. 

 Inhabits meadows. 



Genus 547. SCENOPINUS. Latr., Fabr., Leach. Coxa. Schcl- 

 lenbcrg. 

 Antenna: three-jointed : anterior legs simple. 

 Sp. 1. Seen, niger. Latr. 

 Inhabits houses near woods. 



Genus 548. OCHTHERA. Latr., Leach. IVIacrochira. Meig. 

 Anterior legs raptorious : antenna terminated by a bearded seta. 

 Sp. 1. Och. Mants. Latr. 

 Once taken in Devon by Dr. Leach. 



Stirps 5. — Antenna frontal, very short: 7x///« internal : /i«//eres entirely 

 or partly concealed : zeings divaricating. 



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

 Meig., Panz. 

 Antenna distant, sub-parallel, last joint subquadrate, with abiarticulate 



seta : {body bhort : abdomen depressed, semicircular : uiings large.) 

 Sp. 1. Phas. Turiubilis. Leach. 

 Musca hemiptera. Linn'c. 



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

 partly concealed : wings divaricating. 



Genus 550. MUSCA of authors. 

 Antenna with the third joint very much longer tlian the others : abdo- 

 / men moderately long, subacuminate. 



Sp. 1. Mas. vomitoria (connnon blue-bottle fly). L^atr. 

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

 which are commonly denominated fly-blows. 



