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 PLATE LXIL 



MUSCA ONOPORDINIS? 



D I P T E R A, 



Wings two. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Head, thorax, and body, yellow brown. Wings, variegated with 

 brown fpots. 



Syji. Ent. 787. 80. 



Fabric. Spec. Inf. 2. 455. 105; 



Whether this is the Mufca Onopordinis of Linnaeus, as quoted, 

 we cannot exactly determine ; it anfwers to his defcription of that 

 jnfect, but he fpeaks fo very concifely, that we will not venture to 

 allure ourfelves of his M. Onopordinis being our fpecies. In this and 

 many other inftances we find, that though brevity is the greateft ex- 

 cellence of the Linnaean defcriptions, it is alfo their moft eiTential 

 fault. 



The fpecies may, with much propriety, ftand under the name 

 Onopordinis, as we believe it has never been figured before; and, 

 fliould the Linnsean fpecies be hereafter difcovered to differ from the 

 prefent, a new name may be readily given to that infect. 



Fliejs in April and May, and is very corrynon in the fummer, in 



WOO.ds, 



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