18 PLATE CLI. 



The Mufca:, if we follow the arrangement of Linnasus, form by- 

 far the moll extenfive of any genus (except Lepidoptera) we have at 

 prefent any knowledge oh Fabricius enumerates in his laft * Work 

 no lefsthan 202 Species, under the geneiic title Mufca; independent 

 of thefe we find 1-22, under the head Syrphus; Z% under Rhagio, and 

 25 under Stratiomys, all of which (with fome exceptions) would make 

 according to the Linnasan arrangement 349 fpecies; not to notice 

 the Infefts of the fame tribe included under his generic appella- 

 tions, Anthrax, Bibio, Nemoielus, &c. 



Mufca Brafficaria is not uncommon in gardens in May and June. 

 Sometimes found on Willows, 



Fig. 1) One of the Antennas magnified. 



* Syft. Ent. 



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