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We have only three fpecies of this genus in England, Majar^ Mt~ 

 dius, and Minor. 



B. Major is not very rare, its ufual time of appearance is June and 



July. 



Together with other fpecies of the Bombylius genus, it is fometimes. 

 called the Sword-Bee-Fly: this appellation it receives from the fingu- 

 lar form of its trunk ; to aflift our defcription, we have reprefented its 

 appearance when magnified, at Fig. I. 



It hovers from flower to flower, when the warmth of the fun in- 

 vites it abroad, and extracts the ne&ar from flowers, by darting its 

 probofcis into them, but never refts while feeding. 



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