. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 606 DIPTEBA. brownish-yellow veins, and expand one inch and a quarter, or more. We have several other kinds of Asilus, some larger and others smaller than the foregoing, of whose history nothing is known, except their predaceous habits in the winged state, which have been often observed. There are also several slender kinds of Laphria; but these are easily distinguished from every species of Asilus by their antennae, which are not, as in the latter, tipped with a slender point, but are blunt at the end. Besides the for
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 606 DIPTEBA. brownish-yellow veins, and expand one inch and a quarter, or more. We have several other kinds of Asilus, some larger and others smaller than the foregoing, of whose history nothing is known, except their predaceous habits in the winged state, which have been often observed. There are also several slender kinds of Laphria; but these are easily distinguished from every species of Asilus by their antennae, which are not, as in the latter, tipped with a slender point, but are blunt at the end. Besides the foregoing, there are many other rapacious flies, some of which are of Fig-m- great size. The lar- gest one found here is the orange-banded Midas (Midas fila- te*5), (Fig. ^266,) specimens of which are sometimes found measuring an inch and a quarter in length, with wings expanding two inch- es and' a quarter. It is black, with an orange-colored band on the second ring of the hind body; and the wings are smoky brown, with a metallic lustre. It receives its scientific name, filatus, signifying thread-like, from its ⢠an- tennas, which are long and slender, but they end with an oblong oval knob. Its generical name was also1 given to it on account of its long antennas; Midas, in mythology, be- ing the name of a person fabled to" have had the long ears of an ass. The orange-banded Midas may often be seen flying in the woods in July and August, or resting and basking in the sun upon fallen' trees.: Its transformations * Incorrectly named Mydas jilatq by Fabricius. [ 6 iRdas JiMus is now generally called M. davatus, Drury, which is the older name. â Osten Sacksk.] . '...'â *" '-"* ⢠â â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856; Flint, Charles Louis, 1
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