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MUSCA CHAMELEON, 
DiIprera. 
Two Wings: 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mujea, a oft flexible Trunk with lateral Lips at the end. No palpi. 
SPECIFIC GHARACTER. 
Dark brown or black, Antenne taper, broken. “Eyes large. Ab- 
domen nearly circular, with three triangular yellow {pots on each Side, 
_ and one at the extremity. ee 
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Linnzus, in a former edition ofthe Fauna Suecica gave this infect 
the name of Oe/trus Aque, but he afterwards difcovered it to bea 
Mufea, and called it Mufca Chameleon, It is one of the moft com- 
mon Dipterous, or two-winged Infeéts we have; yet though fo well 
known in its perfect flate, few have attended fo minutely to its changes 
as to difcover that; they form the moft fingular part of its hiftory.— 
The female depofits her eggs in the hollow ftalks of aquatic plants, or 
broken reeds, or fo provides for them that they cannot, but by fome 
unforefeen accident, be carried away. “The egg, in due time ripening, ' 
produces a Larva, no way refembling the Parent, but rather a Worm 
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