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The Hiflory ^ANIMALS* 
Mufca thorace abdomineque viridi-nitente. 
The Mufca , with the thorax and body of a fDining green . 
t green 
5FI* 
This is a large fly, equal to the common blue flefh-fly in fize : the head is black,' 
and the eyes large ; the breaft and body are of one uniform colour, which is a beauti¬ 
ful green, with fomething of a brafly yellow, in many lights very bright and fhining ; 
the legs are black, and the eyes brown, and there is a double tranfverfe line on the 
abdomen : the body is oval, and has four joints. 
It is common about flanking flefh. 
M.ufca cinerea> thorace quinque maculis nigris, abdomine maculis tri -* 
' dentatis . 
The grey Mufca ., with five black fpots on the thorax , and tri dent ated 
fpots on the body . 
This has much the appearance of the common houfe-fly, but it is not more than 
half it’s fize: the eyes are reddifh 3 the thorax is grey, with two fmaller and three 
larger fpots of black on it: the body is hoary, and compofed of four joints. The 
firft of thefe has no fpot upon it; the fecond has a tridentated mark at it’s bafe ; the 
third and fourth have alfo fpots of the fame kind on them, but the middle denticle 
is almofl wanting. 
It is common in our paftures and about hedges, in all parts of the kingdom. 
The other fpecies are very numerous, and may conveniently be arranged under five 
or fix divifions. 
Of thofe with variegated wings, befide the firft defcribed, there are, 1. The Fly, 
with black wings tipped with white. 2. The Fly, with two black fpots on each 
wing. 3. The Fly, with white wings, and with a fingle black dot at the extremity 
of each. 4. The unguiculated winged Fly, with the wings white, and a black fpot 
in the middle. 5. The black Fly, with the wings variegated on the anterior part 
with black and white. 6. The Fly, with grey wings fpotted with black. 7. The 
grey Fly, with white unguiculated wings, fpotted with brown. 8. The Fly with 
white wings, with black edges, and black fpots. 9. The Fly with white wings, 
with three brown fafcis, and a brown terminatory fpot. 10. The Fly with white 
wings, and with four grey fafciae, and as many fmaller running alternately with them. 
11. The white-winged Fly, with four fafcias in the wings, and with five pair of 
fpots on the back. 12. The green-eyed Fly, with white wings, and with the letter 
S marked in a double line of brown on them. 13. The Fly, with white unguicu¬ 
lated wings, with four brown fafcire, and with the extremity of the thorax yel¬ 
low. 14. The Fly, with pale wings, with black veins, and with two tranfverfe, 
undulated, brown lines, and the tips brown. 15. The Fly, with membranaceous wings 
fpotted with black, and three rows-of black dots on the body. 
Of the hairy Mufca , befide the fecond defcribed fpecies, there are, 1. The black 
Fly, with the edges of the wings thin, finuated, and whitifh. 2. The common 
hairy, dung Fly, with a fpot on each of the wings. 3. The black Fly, with the 
bafe of the abdomen white, and it’s extremity brown. 4. The Fly, with a grey 
thorax, and with the apex of the abdomen white, and the wings marked with a fer- 
rugineous fpot. 5. The Fly, with a grey thorax and black body, and with a dufky, 
ferrugineous fpot on each of the wings. 6. The Fly, with the*body white in the an¬ 
terior part, and black behind, and with white wings with a black fpot in them. 7. 
The hairy Fly, with a yellow thorax, and with a brown fpot in the wings. 8, The 
hairy, grey Fly, with ferrugineous wings, and a brown fpot in each. 
Of thofe with variegated bodies, befide the third defcribed fpecies, there are, 1. The 
black Fly, with the bafes of the, wings ferrugineous. 2. The Fly with the grey 
breaft, and with the bafe of the abdomen marked with a yellow fpot, and with the 
edges of the fegments whitifh. 3. The black Fly, with the fegments of the body, 
all but the firft, yellow, with a black mark in the middle. 4. The Fly, with the yel¬ 
low breaft, and four yellow tranfverfe lines on the abdomen, the firft larger than the 
reft, and interrupted. 5. The Fly, with four yellow ftreaks on the thorax, and three 
of the fegments of the abdomen in part yellow. 6. The black Fly, with a fhow- 
o white 
