,34'4 ^HE BUZZ FLY. 



Genus IX. — Bombilius. The Buzz Fly, 



The Briti/Jj Jnfe£ls of this genus, in the month of April^ 

 are (een hovering about the garden flowers, generally in 

 damp fituations. Even when in the a61: of lipping the 

 nedlarous dew from plants, they do not fettle, but keep 

 conftantly buzzing upon the wing. They have no fling, 

 and may be handled with impunity. 



The chara£ters of this genus are, a rollrum very long, 

 fetaceons, and porrefled, formed by two horizontal 

 "Valves ; antennae which are bent, fetaceous, and of a conic 

 form ; three (lemmata, and two fpread wings. 



Bomhilius medius\. The probofcis of this infecl is 

 black, and {lender, fometimes divided in two at the ex- 

 tremity, which extends nearly three fourths of the ani- 

 mal's lengtli : the legs are of the fame colour, flenderj 

 and long in proportion to the fize of the infecl. The body 

 is ILort and truncated ; the ground colour black, but co- 

 vered externally with dun coloured tufty down ; the 

 wings are unufaally long, dark, and dotted with brown $, 



t Syft. Nat. No. 3. I Eairbut, p. 31 7. 



