. The Hiftory of A N I M A L S, , 3 3 
It is frequent in our paftures, and is apt to be very troublefome to horfes. Authors 
call it Tabanus major, and Tabanus vulgaris. 
Tahanus fufcus alis macidaiis . 
The brown Tabanus , with fpotted wings . 
This is a fmall fly, fcarce exceeding the common houfe-fly in fize : the head, tho¬ 
rax, and body are brown, but there is fome yellowifhnefs under the roots of the 
wings: the wings are large, and are beautifully variegated with black and white fpots: 
the eyes are large, ‘and of a bright Aiming green, but fpotted as it were with black : it 
is, upon the whole, a very beautiful fly. 
We have it in our hedges in hilly places. Ray calls it, Mufca bipennis pulchra 
alis maculis albis amplis pi&is; others, Tabanus fufcus alls fufcis maculis nigris, and 
Alis cinereis variegatis. 
The other fpecies of the Tabanus are, 1. The black Tabanus variegated with yel¬ 
low, and with brown legs. 2. The brown Tabanus with ferrugineous fldes, and 
three brown ftreaks over the eyes. 3. The grey Tabanus, with a tranfverfe line over 
the eyes. 4. The brown Tabanus, with grey wings, variegated with very frnali 
white fpots, with green eyes with four brown lines over them. 5. The long-bodied 
Tabanus. 6. The fhort-bodied Tabanus, with clear wings. 7. The black, clear¬ 
winged Tabanus. 
MUSC A. 
/ |" ^ H E head of the Mufca is furnifhed with a mouth, which has a probofcis or 
fnout, but has no teeth. The fpecies of this genus are very numerous. 
Mufca alts albis apice nigris. 
The white-winged Mufca , with a black fpot on each. 
The head of this fly is red, and large; the body is fhort, obtufe, and black; the 
legs alfo are black ; the eyes are large ; the wings are white, but each has at it’s extre¬ 
mity a round black fpot: while it is fitting, it is continually vibrating it’s wings. 
We have it frequent in our orchards, on the leaves of apple-trees. I have met 
with it more abundantly in Efifex than elfewhere. 
Mufca hirfuta , thorace , abdommis apice , alarumque bafibus fulvis. 
The hairy Mufca, with the thorax , the end of the body> and the bafes of 
the wings yellowif. 
This is a very fingular fly ; it is^one of the largeft of this genus: the body is of an 
oval figure and black, the extremity of it covered with a number of yellowifh hairs: 
the thorax is alfo covered with the fame kind of hairs: the head is black, as are alfo 
the legs; the wings are pellucid, and whitifh toward the bafe, and have each a large 
fpot of a ferruginous colour toward the outer edge. 
It is met with in fome of our woods, but not frequently. I fa\y\ a great many 
laft fummer at Mr Apreece’s, at Wafliingley in Huntingtonfliire, in his woods. 
Mufca nigra lateribus abdominis tefaceis. 
The black Mufca 5 with the fides of the abdomen tefaceous . 
This is a moderately large fly: the body is of an oval figure and obtufe; the tho¬ 
rax is oblong ; the head and the eyes are large, the legs are black; the fides are 
each marked with a very large, pale coloured fpot. 
It is very common about watery places. Ray calls it, Mufca bipennis major di- 
verficolor cauda fetis nigris obfita. 
Mufca 
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