ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET 



DIOCTRIA (ELANDICA. Meigan Leach 



Asilus CElandica. LinnL 



Sylvicolae lugubris. Harris. 



Blaek and shining; front of the head between the 

 eyes of a golden yellow, eyes large ; the hemispheres 

 very numerous but minute : antennae between the 

 eyes and composed of four joints, the basal ones 

 globose, the second long and cylindrical and 

 upright, the last two diverging. Thorax broader 

 than the head, black and shining : wings black 

 at the base and clouded throughout, but darker 

 near the costal edge, halteres and legs yellowish, 

 the tarsi black. 



Length of the body 8 lines, expansion of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



Inhabits lanes and the skirts of woods in May and 

 June. 



This insect is the largest of the genus as respects 

 the indigenous species, and is by no means un- 

 common both in the woods of Kent and Surrey; 

 they are strong, powerful and voracious ; many of the 

 species are very rare, and have their eyes when in 

 a living state banded by the most beautiful colours, 

 but these soon fade after death. 



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