106 DIPTERA. 



flower to flower without resting, and making at 

 the same time a noise with their wings like the 

 Humble-bee. The different species have but 

 one mode of life. They all derive their nou- 

 rishment from the nectaries of flowers, none of 

 them attacking animals, or sucking blood, like 

 the Conopsides, or the Asili. 



The larvae are unknown; but from the Bom- 

 bylii being frequently seen about watery places, 

 it may be conjectured that they are aquatic. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Bombylius major. B. alis dimidiato nigris. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. 1 . p. 1009. Gmel. p. 2902. Fabr. Spec. 

 Ins. 2. p. 472. Mant. Ins. 2. p. 365. Ent. Syst. 4. 

 p. 407. 

 Degeer, Ins. 6. 1. 1 5./*. 10. 

 Reuum. Ins. 4. t. S.f. 11 — 13. 

 Schaeff. Elem. t. 27. 



Icon. t. 79./. 5. 



Inhabits Europe, and is found in gardens, &c. 

 PL 71. a. The head enlarged, b. The trunk, c. The 

 antennae. 



