224 O R D E R VI. Conop*, 



Genus VII. Conops. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 1004. 



The probofcis of the Conops is por- 

 redted and jointed. 



Scopoli has given the following definition 

 of the genus, named by him Empis^ and 

 under which he has arranged fome of the 

 Linnaean Conopfides : 



The mouth armed with an unifeted pro- 

 bofcis, which is membranaceous at its bafe 

 (where the palpi are fituate) and capable of 

 being drawn in and extended ; towards the end 

 it is ftiff, long, porre&ed, and attenuated. 



The Stomoxys of Geoffroy is a Linn^an 

 Conops, and the Empis of Scopoli -, he de- 

 fcribes it as follows : 



The antennae terminated (like thofe of the 

 Mufcas) by a fiat and folid articulation, ihaped 

 like the mouth of a fpoon, with a lateral bridle, 

 which, when clofely examined, appears to be 

 very hairy. 



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