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 PLATE CCCXLVL 



FIG. I. 

 MUSCA GROSS A, 



Great Black Fly, 

 Piptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Body hairy, black. Wings ferruginous at the bafe. 



Muse A Grossa : pilofa nigra, alis bafi ferrugineis. Linn, a Gmel. 



T.i. p. $- p. 2845- fp- 75- 



En. Suec. 1837. 



Fab. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 441- n. 30. 



Schasff. Icon. tab. 108. fig. 6. 



Degeer. Inf. 6. p. 1\. n. U tab. I. fig. I. 



The largeft of the Mufca genus found in this country. Breeds in 



tfung. 



FIG. 



