104 DIPTERA. 



inhabit low, moist meadows, and arc trouble- 

 some to cattle. 



The larvae, which are white, soft, cylindrical 

 worms, pointed at both ends, and without feet, 

 live under ground. The head, sometimes hairy, 

 is armed with two moveable fangs of a dark 

 colour, which the animal uses to work its way 

 into the ground. The chrysalis is long, and the 

 abdomen takes a conical figure. The head is 

 large, and has several scaly points like spines. 



The Asilus has such a propensity to sting, 

 that it has not unaptly been called the Wasp- 

 fly, though the sting is inflicted by the head, 

 not the tail. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Asilus Ephippium. A. hirsutus ater, thorace basi 

 albo. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 2896. Fabr. 

 Spec. Ins. 2. p. 461. Mant. Ins. Z.p. 358. Ent. 

 SystA.p.37T. 



Degeer, Ins. 6. t.lS.f.9. 



Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ.fasc. 39. t. 23. 



Inhabits Germany, and is found in woods. 



Pi. 73. a. One of the antennae magnified. 



