THE BUZZ FLY. 
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Genus I X — £ omi Ulus , The Buzz Fly. 
T HE Britijh infers of this genus, in the month of Abrils 
are feen hovering about the garden flowers, generally in 
damp fituations. Even when in the act of lipping the 
neclarous dew from plants, they do not fettle, but keep 
conftantly buzzing upon the wing. They have no fling, 
and may be handled with impunity. 
The characters of this genus are, a roltrum very long, 
fetaceous, and porre&ed, formed by two horizontal 
valves ; antennae which are bent, fetaceous, and of a conic 
form ; three ftemmata, and two fpread wings. 
Bombilius tnedius f . The probofcis of this infeft is 
black, and llender, fometimes divided in two at the ex- 
tremity, which extends nearly three fourths of the ani- 
mal’s length : the legs are of the fame colour, {lender, 
and long in proportion to the fize of the infect. The body 
is fhortand truncated ; the ground colour black, but co- 
vered externally with dun coloured tufty down ; the 
wings are unufually long, dark, and dotted with brown 
f Syli. Nat. No. 1 . 
1 Barbu t, p. 317, 
