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PLATE CCCCXCIV. 



MUSCA HOTTENTOTTA. 



BIPTKRA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth with a foft exferted fleftiy probofcis, and two equal lips: 

 fuckers furninied with briftles : feelers two, very ftiort, or fometimea 

 pone : antennas generally fliort. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Body covered with yellow hairs : wings hyaline, with fuicous rib. 



Muse A Hottentotta : hirta flavefcens, alis hyalinus ; cofta fufca. 

 Linn.Fn. Suec. J787- — Gmel. Linn. Syjl. T. 1. 

 p. 5. 2831. 13. — Fabr. Spec. Inf. 2. p. 415. 



n. 16. 

 Nemotelus Hottentottus. Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 190. n. 12, 

 u llm j\ 7 .—Schaff. Icon. t. 76. f. 6. 



A large, curious, and elegant fpecies, and one of conuderable rarity 

 this country : in the north of Europe it appears to be very far from 



in 



uncommon 



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