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ASILUS GERMANICUS. 



Order Diptera. Pam. Asilidse Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Asilus forcipatus Linn. 



AsTLUs Linn., Fab., Lat., Meig. Erax Scop. Dasypogon Fab. 



Antennee approximating, porrected, inserted in the middle of the 

 face, scarcely longer than the head, 5 -jointed, first joint cylin- 

 dric, second clavate or cup-shaped, shorter than the first, third 

 long, attenuated, slightly compressed, fourth small, fifth long, 

 slender like a bristle. (3.) 



Labriim short, broad, obtuse, membranaceous at the apex, cori- 

 aceous at the base. (1. b.) 



Tongue very long, horny, acuminated, grooved beneath, pubescent 

 towards the apex, (c.) 

 Mandibles none. 



Maxill(e not so long as the tongue, slender, rather dilated and 

 membranaceous towards the apex, (e.) 

 Palpi short, cylindric, clavate, hairy, (f.) 



Lip large, cylindric, very horny, hairy, hollow, open at the base, 

 terminated by two small lobes surrounded by hairs, (g.) 

 Head rather small, transverse, short, attached by a distinct neck. 

 Proboscis exserted. Clypeus produced, bearded. (2.) Eyes distant in 

 both sexes. Ocelli 3. Thorax large, gibbous. Scutellum rounded. 

 Abdomen long, obtuse in the males, acuminated and compressed at the 

 apex in the females. 'Wings inci(mbe?it, with 15 or 16 cells, 4 perfect 

 cells iipon the posterior margin, submarginal cell pedicled at the apex, 

 first marginal cell narrowed, extending only to the middle. Halteres 

 naked, elongated. Eeet robust, long. Tibiae straight spined. Tarsi 

 h-jointed, hairy , first joint the longest. Pulvilli 2, large (8 afore leg.) 



Germanicus 

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Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 1008. 12. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 4. 

 n. 31. mas. — Meig. Syst. Bes. v. %. p. 318. n. 18. Tibialis 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. n. 30. fern. 

 Male black, shining, hairy. Eyes cupreous. Thorax black, with 

 two pale longitudinal lines. Abdomen black, glossy, tinged wth 

 blue, the last three segments with black hair, the remainder of the 

 abdomen, thorax, underside and head with yellowish liairs. Wings 

 fuscous, pearly white towards the base. Thighs black. Halteres, 

 tibiae and tarsi red brown, black at their extremities. 



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