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PLATE CCCXLVI. 



FIG. I. 



MUSCA GROSS A. 

 Great Black Fly. 



DiPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 

 Body hairy, black. Wings ferruginous at the bafe. 



Muse A Grossa : pilofa nigra, alis bafi ferrugineis. Lmn. a GmeL 

 T.i.p.S.p. 2845.y/>. 75. 

 Fn. Suec. 1837. 

 Fab. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 441. n. 30. 

 Schaff. Icon. tab. 108. fig. 6. 

 Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 21. n. I. tab. I. fig. I. 



The largeft of the Mufca genus found in this country. Breeds in 

 dung. 



FIG. 



