Conops; D 1 P T E R A. 





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The mouth formed by a probofcis, which is 

 fhaped like an awl, fimple and acute. 



Three ftemmata* 



This infect very much refembles the Mufca 

 Domeftica, or common Fly, but is diftinguifhed 

 by the different formation of its roftrum. 



The genus termed Sicus, by Scopoli, con- 

 tains two fpecies of Linnasan Conopfides, viz* 

 the Conops Teftacea, No. 1 i, and the Conops 

 Buccata^ No. 12. The Sicus is diftinguifhed 

 by the following characters : 



The mouth armed with an unifeted probofcis* 

 with a ftiff, porre&ed, and long flieath, broken 

 or bent in the middle, and inflected. 



The palpi feated at the bafe of the fheath. 



The Sicus differs chiefly from the Empis of 

 the fame author in the formation of its pro- 

 bofcis. 



The Stonioxoides of Schasffer is the Sicus of 

 Scopoli ; he has defcribed it as follows : 



The antennas fhaped like thofe of the Lin- 

 nsean Mufcae, with a lateral hair, 



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