'S0 feovo?^ 



GrENUS YlL-^CofiOpS, 



JL HERE are thirteen different kinds of this trihe enume« 

 rated by naturalifts, who have diftinguifhed them by a 

 Uriking character drawn from the roftrum, which is por- 

 re6led, and jointed like the knee. Thefe infefts are uni- 

 verfally fpread ; and from their air and general appear- 

 ance are commonly taken for certain kinds of wafps. 

 They come later in the feafon than the horfe flies, but 

 are much greater tormentors of the horfes, were they 

 equally nximerous. 



Conops vefpa. The antennae of this infe£l terminate in 

 a broad articulation, like the mouth of a fpoon ; and 

 which, when clofely examined, appears very hairy. The 

 feet and poifers are dun coloured j the thorax is varie- 

 gated with black and reddifn calls of the fame colour, 

 which alfo prevails in the abdomen. Thefe infefts are of 

 a large fize, and many of them adorned with very vivid 

 and refpiendent colours f . 



f Vide Barbut, p. jio, 311. 



