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M O U - R N I N G S A W - F L Y. 



TENT.HREDO L U C T U OS A. 



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Character of the Species. 



The Antlers have feven joints, and are all the way of a thicknefs. 

 The Head and Trunk are red; the Body is black. 



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This pretty, quiet, melancholy Fly is found among Alder Plantati- 

 ons ; and is often fatally entangled in the clammy juice, that oozes 

 from their Leaves. I caught it this laft May, by the road-fide y near 

 Uxbridge. 



Its Head is of the fineft fcarlet. 



The Eyes are blue. 



The Antlers are of a dufky brown, and hairy. 



The Feelers ihort, and pale. 



The Mouth' is arm'd with hard and crufly jaws. 



Its Trunk is fcarlet above, and of a. ruddy brown below. 

 The Scutcheon is of a deeper red. 

 The Points on it are blue. 



The Body is coal-black above, and greyifh black below. 



Its Rings are divided by lines, form'd of a deep brown membrane 



joining them. 

 Its Air-holes are of a dead brown.- 



The Legs are grey j they are all of a length, and have two claws. 



The Wings are of a pale yellowifh brown, with little yellow •■rifings. 

 on the ribs, and an edge of deeper yellow. 



The Tail. is of a deep brown. 



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