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We ha\'e Gnly three fpecies of this genus in fengland, Major^ Me^ 

 diiiSi and Minor. 



B. Major is not very rare, its ufual time of appearance is June and 



July. 



Together with other fpecies of the Bombylius genus, it is fometimes 

 called the Sword-Bee-Fly; this appellation it receives from the fingu- 

 lar form of its trunk ; to aflift our defcription, we have reprefented its 

 appearance when magnified, at Fig. I. 



It hovers from flower to flower, when the warmth of the fun in-- 

 vites it abroad, and extrafts the nedar from flowers, by darting its 

 probofcis into them, but never refls while feeding^ 



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