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 PLATE CXXV. 



MUSCA SEMI NAT ION IS. 



D I P T E R A. 



Wings 2. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Head and Thorax black-brown; Abdomen black, with very mi- 

 nute fpecks of white. Wings clouded and fpeckled with brown. 

 A yellow ftreak on the under fide of the abdomen. 



Musca Seminationis. Antennis fetariis, alisatriscinereopunc- 



tatis, abdomine bafi fubtus flavo. 

 Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 452. 90. 



This fpecies is fometimes met with in meadows, on plaintain, 

 thirties, &c. in May and June. 



It is a very pleafing objed for the Microfcope, particularly the 

 wings, which are finely reticulated and fpotted. Its magnified ap, 

 pearance is given with its natural fize in our plate. 



Hi p L A T 



