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PLATE LXII. 



MUSCA ONOPORDINIS? 



D I P T E R A. 



Wings two. 



GENERIC CHJRJCTER. 

 A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi. 



SPECIFIC CHJRJCTER. 



Head, thorax, and body, yellow brown. Wings, variegated with 

 brown fpots, 



SyJ}. Ent. 787. So. 



Fabric. Spec. Inf. 2. 455. 105. 



Whether this is the Mufca Onopordinis of Linnaeus, as quoted, 

 we cannot exadly determine j it anfwers to his defcription of that 

 infedt, but he fpeaks fo very concifely, that we will not venture to 

 affure ourfelves of his M. Onspordinis bein-g our fpecies. In this and 

 many other inftances we find, that though brevity is the greateft ex- 

 cellence of the Linnasan defcriptions, it is alfo their moll eflential 

 fault. 



The fpecies may, with much propriety, ftand under the name 

 Ongpcrdinis^ as we believe it has never been figured before j and, 

 fliould the Linnaean fpecies be hereafter difcovered to differ from the 

 prefent, a new name may be readily given to that infe£l:. 



Flies in April and A4ay, and is very common in the fummer, in 



woods. 



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