26 PLATE CCCCXLV. 



This is a remarkably pretty fpecies, and appears to confiderable ad- 

 vantage before the lens of an opaque microfcope The two linall 

 diftmct black dots on the extreme joint of the abdomen is a ftriking 

 character of this interefting infect. 



The fmallefl figure reprefents the natural tize ; this fpecies is found 

 on plants in Europe, and is rare. 



FIG. II. II. 



MUSCA SERICEA, 



silky musca. 



Specific character. 



Muse a seeicea. Silky: head, thorax and fcutel fubteftaceous : 

 firft three joints of the abdomen reddish-orange with 

 a dorfal black ftripe ; tip greyiih black. 



A curious fpecies and of the fize denoted by the fmallefl figure (N©« 

 Q.) in the annexed plate. The whole furface of this infecl except the 

 wings has a delicate filky appearance ; the thorax is marked in the 

 middle with two diflant black lines, and each fide with two fborter 



lines 



