V,^ BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; 



r^^ I BEING 



ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS 



THE GENERA OF INSECTS 



FOUND IN 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND : 



CONTAINING 



COLOURED FIGURES FROM NATURE 



OF THE MOST RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIES, 



AND IN MANY INSTANCES 



OF THE PLANTS UPON WHICH THEY ARE FOUND. 



BY JOHN CURTIS, F.L.S. 



HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY OF OXFORD, 



OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ACADEMY OF FLORENCE, 



OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, ETC. 



VOL. VIII. 

 DIPTERA. OMALOPTERA. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 



AND SOLD BY 



E. ELLIS AND CO., 92 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY; 



SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS' COURT; AND 

 J. B. BAILLIERE, 219 REGENT STREET. 



1823—1840. 





