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PLATE LXVI. 



BOMBYLIUS MAJOR. 



Humble-bee Fly. 

 D i p t e r a. 



Wings two. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Trunk taper, very long, {harp, between two horizontal valves. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Body fhort, thick, covered with thick yellowifh down. Wings 

 dark brown next the anterior margin > tranfparent next the pofte- 

 rior margin. Legs long, {lender, black. 



Linn. Syjl. Nat. 2. ioog. I. — Fn. Sv. 19 1 8. 

 Bombylius variegatus, &c. 



Degeer. Inf. 6. 268. 1. Tab. 15. Fig. 10. 

 Afilus, &c. Geoff. Inf. 2. 466. I. 



Reaum. Inf. 4. Tab. 8. Fig, II, 12, 13. 



Mouff. Inf. 64. Fig. 5. 



Scop. Cam. 1018. 



Raj. Inf. 273. 



Schaejf. Icon. Tab. 79. Fig. 5, 



Huffr.ag. Inf. Tab. 8. Fig. I. 



Aldr. Inf. 350./. 10. 



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