ENTOMOLOGICAL CABIN KT. 



CONOPS FLAVIPES. LinnL 



Black : head larger and wider than the thorax : 

 the antennae long, black and clavated, the club acu- 

 minated below their insertion, between, and beneath 

 the eyes covered with long hair of a bright golden 

 colour : thorax black with a large yellow tubercle on 

 each shoulder, poisers or balancers large and of the 

 shape of a battledore : body black, with the margins 

 of the segments yellow: wings slightly tinged with 

 black : legs yellow. 



Length of the body 5 lines, expansion of the wings 

 7§ lines. 



Inhabits lanes in and near woods, in June > July 

 and August. 



The Conopidae are as troublesome to man as other 

 animals, dropping suddenly ou such parts as are 

 exposed or the least covered, and without a move- 

 ment of their feet, to give notice, immediately plunge 

 their jointed and lengthened rostrum into the skin, 

 and unperceived sucking the blood, not causing that 

 burning pain at the instant which is common to 

 many of the dipterous insects : fortunately we have 

 not many species in this country, and these are gen- 

 erally found in retired places in woods and lanes, 

 and occasionally by the road side. 



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