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PLATE DXL 



MUSCA FESTIVA. 



DIPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 fucker furnifhed with brinies: feelers two, very ihort (or none) 

 antennas ihort. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Mvsca festiva. Green and golden, gloffed with red, and 

 cinereous : thorax lineated with yellow : abdomen 

 banded with black. 



An infect of peculiar beauty, extremely rare, and which does not 

 appear to be defcribed by any author. 



The natural fize of this very curious fpecies is denoted by the 

 fmaller figure in the upper part of the plate : when magnified, as is 

 fhewn beneath, its appearance is remarkable for its Angularity. The 

 iead is rather fmall and green, with eyes of a deep fufcous colour : the 

 thorax green gloffed with blue, with a double goldeu yellow line in 



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