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 Genus LXIX. C0N0PS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna very short, Particulate, the last arti- 

 culation clavated and terminated by a lateral 

 hair. Mouth with an extended proboscis 

 formed of three joints. 



General Observations. 



We find these insects in the fields, the gar- 

 dens, the meadows, and every where, on flowers 

 which yield the honeyed juice on which some 

 of the species feed, while others suck the blood 

 of animals. Among these last the Linnasan 

 C. calcitrans (the Stomoxys of Geoffroy, &c.) 

 is often mistaken for the common window-fly, 

 but may be readily distinguished by its strong 

 and pointed proboscis. Without such an ex- 

 amination, our legs are frequently made sen- 

 sible of the difference in the autumnal season, 

 by the sharp bite of the insect while in the act 

 of sucking our blood. These, like the Tabani, 

 are most troublesome on the approach of rain, 

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