2t2 ORDER VI. Empis. 



Genus VI. Empis. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. Pag. iooj. 



The probofcis of the Empis is of a ftrong 

 horny fubftance, it is bivalve, inclined 

 downwards under the head and breaft, and 

 longer than the thorax : the valves are ho- 

 rizontal. 



Scopoli has placed the only fpecies of this 

 genus, which he has defcribed among his Afilu 

 to which genus he gives the following cha- 

 ra&ers : 



The mouth armed with a quadrifeted pro- 

 bofcis : the ftieath porrccled, ft iff, longer than 

 the head, and bivalve. He adds, that the head 

 is fmall, of a roundifti form, the back gibbous, 

 the feet long, and the roftrum fmall and in- 

 flected. 



According to Schaeffer, the antennae in this 

 genus are compofed of three articulations, the 

 firft of which is long and filiform •, the fecond 

 very fhort and globular ; the third much larger 

 at its bafe than in the middle, from whence, 

 again, it grows larger, and is finally terminated 

 by a long and fharp point. 



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