ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



ODONTOMYIA ARGENTATA. Meigan. 



Stratiomys argentata. Panzer. 



Black : head large, the front covered with long 

 glossy yellow hair : eyes with the hexagons mode- 

 rately large, with three stemmata : antenna? long, 

 inserted immediately below the eyes, the basal joints 

 contiguous and long, the second short and bell- 

 shaped, the third long and terminated by a hook : 

 thorax black and covered with tawny hair, scutellum 

 furnished with two spines : body black and covered 

 with silver hair, the segments at the sides yellow : 

 wings transparent, the nervures yellowish : thighs 

 black, as is also the tarsi, the tibia yellow with a 

 black spot. 



Length of the body 4§ lines, expansion of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



Inhabits the sides of ponds and ditches in May. 



The insects of this family, the Stratiomydoe, in- 

 habit, in the larvae state, waters, and are very local. 

 We are indebted for our specimens of this rare and 

 beautiful species, to the Rev. C. S. Bird and Walter 

 Burrell, esq. who took them near Burghfield, in 

 Berkshire. 



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