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seuted in the figure. The middle one seems immoveable, the others are not. All the under part of 

 the insect appears of a shining, silvery, white colour; and near the extremity of the abdomen are placed 

 four little horny filaments, two on a side. Legs silvery. Thighs and tibia; broad and thin. 



MILESIA VIRGINIENSIS. 



Plate XXXVII. fig. 6. 



Order: Diptera. Section: Athericera. Family: SynplMai, Leach. 

 Genus. Milesia, Latrielle. Musca, (Brunj). 



MiLESiA VIRGINIENSIS. Fulva, tliorace 2- abtlomine C- fasciato, hujus fasciis 1 et 2, 3 et 4, 5 et 6, linea 

 longitudinali connexis. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc.) 



Syn. Musca Virginiensis, -Dr?<n/, Ajrp. vol. 2. 



Milesia ornata, Fahr. Sijst. Antl. 188. Wiedemann Ausseur. Ztc. Ins. 2. 106. 



Habitat : Virginia. 



Eyes black. Front of the head cream-colour. Antennae like short hairs. Thorax and abdomen 

 yellow, with black rings. Wings transparent. Legs yellow, and furnished with small hooks at their 

 extremities. Breast black, with yellow spots and patches. Ocelli distinct. 



CiELIOXYS? ANNULARIS. 



Plate XXXVII. fig. 7. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Mellifera. Familv : Apidoe. 

 Genus. C^elioxys? Latrielle. Apis, Drury. 



C^ELIOXYS? Annularis. Atra, capita marginibusque posticis segmentoriun abdominalium einereis, antennis 

 atris, pedibus fuscis. (Magu. Apis niellific.) 



Syn. Apis Annularis, Drury, App. vol. 2. 

 Habitat : New York. 



Head ash-coloured. Eyes brown. Ocelli distinct. Tongue very distinct. Antennae black, and 

 the length of the thorax, which is black likewise^ Abdomen black, with ash-coloured rings, both above 

 and underneath, terminating in a sharp point. Legs brown; the fore-ones being nearly as long as 

 the hinder. 



STIZUS SPECIOSUS. 



Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Bembecidse. 



Genus. Stizus, Latr. Jurine. Sphex, Drury. Vespa et Larra p. Fabr. 



Stizus Speciosus. Fermgineus, abdomine atro fasciis tribus interruptis flavis. (Long. Coqi. fere 1 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Sphex Speciosus, Drury, App. vol. 2. (1773.) 



Vespa tricincta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 254. 5. (1793.) Syst. Piez. 2.54. .5. 



Habitat : Nortli America. 



Head greenish brown : on the top are three little eyes. Mouth furnished with jaws. Eyes large, 

 oblong, and dark brown. Antennee shorter than the thorax. It has no tongue. Thorax greenish brown. 



