DESCniRED BY MK. CURTIS. Ill 



Society. It appeared in the second part of the 

 sixth volume. The drawing here given is ac- 

 cording to his description, and represents a 

 female with its ovipositor, of which much will 

 be said hereafter. The fly itself is of a pale 

 ochreous hue, and hairy. Its eyes are extremely 

 black, and coarsely granulated, meeting on the 







Magnified figure of Wheat Midge. 



crown, and nearly covering the whole head. It 

 has no ocelli. There is no visible indication of 

 a mouth, except a short lip and two feelers. 

 The antennae are as long as the body ; the 

 thorax is of a reddish ochre in colour, and the 

 wings are longer than the body^ of a whitish 



