INSECTA. 325 
Sp. Carnus hemapterus Nitzscu, GrrMAR Magaz. der Entomol. 11. pp. 305— 
307, E. F. Germar Faun. Insector. Europ. Fasc. 1x. Tab. 24, 25. An 
animalcule about the size of a flea; it lives parasitically on Sturnus vulgaris. 
Abdomen is broader in the female, and terminated by an exsert style. 
++ Wings adapted for flying, 
Stomoxys GEOFFR., Fasr. Antenne shorter than head, tri- 
articulate, with third joint longer than rest, compressed, with 
dorsal seta. Proboscis exsert, geniculate. Abdomen oval, quadri- 
annulate. Wings divaricate. 
Bucentes Latr., Siphona Mric. Seta of antenne triarticulate, 
naked or downy at the apex. Proboscis geniculate at the base and 
the middle. 
The larvee of this genus live, like those of the Tachine, parasitically, in 
caterpillars; Dr GEER Jns. VI. pp. 38, 39; Mouche coudée, Pl. 2, figs. 
19—23. 
Stomoxys Mric., Latr. Seta of antenne biarticulate, naked or 
plumose. Proboscis horizontal, geniculate at the base alone. 
Sp. Stomowys calcitrans, Conops calcitrans L., GEOFFROY Ins. Paris, 11. Tab. 
XVIII. fig. 2, SCHELLENBERG, Pl. 17, fig. 1, GuiRIN TIconogr. Ins., Pl. tor, 
fig. 8; grey, with abdomen spotted black. This fly fixes itself on the legs 
of cattle, and in rainy weather, especially at the end of summer, enters our 
houses and attacks our legs ; the uninitiated fancy that the house-flies are 
then pricking, and so confound this species with Musca domestica. 
Myopa Fasr. Antenne shorter than head, with second joint 
longer, or second and third sub-equal, the third ovate or globose, 
stylate at the back. Proboscis exsert, geniculate. Abdomen 
elongate, inflected downwards. Wings parallel, incumbent. Ocelli 
three. 
Zodion Late. Proboscis geniculate at the base alone. 
Myopa Late. Proboscis geniculate at the base and the middle. 
Add sub-genera: Stachynia Maca. (Dalmannia Rosiy.), Stylo- 
gaster Maca. 
Conops L., (exclusive of species). Antenne porrect, of length 
of head, with first joint cylindrical, second and third forming a 
fusiform club. Style of antenne apical, biarticulate. Proboscis 
exsert, geniculate at the base. Abdomen elongate, sexannulate, 
inflected. Wings parallel, incumbent. Ocelli none. 
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