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D I P T E R A : TABANI.
J wing of the Tahani with its Tehdons, carefully delineated.
G E N E R I C A L CHARACTIÏRS.
_ ^ head of a tabams is large and flat, fometUng like a button. It is concave on the hack or
binder part, fo as to admit the neck and thorax. The eyes have not the fvrrounding fillets \he
mouth « armed with two fharp horny points, with which it wounds or pierces the (kin of thofe
animals on which it fettles to the quick ; at which time thefe points, parting with great jlrenUh
open t^'^^-^omd fi as to admit its tongue, which is alfo compofed of a Jlrong horny fubfiance, hoi
Z ' d ^ f î l î Î l T i 'wuh twofpongy Up. This the infeS firikjs Lo the wound,
r . f f l t T f 1 therefrom, This is performed fo nimbly, that the infeti is no fooner
piled, but the blood IS feen to fart from the wound The wings «r. margiited quite iound
f t letr^Tk 'yfifSe-ven annuii, e.clufive of the anus. They have I t theftemmata, or
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Vne aile de Taon avec fes tejtdons, foigneufement figurée.
R " 1, „ CA R A C T E R E S GENERAUX.
nere" pTur a7mTe fe folZ l ''^^T ^^e fi^blable a un bouton, elle efl concave en aru
l l ^ L a M li T f - n^ont point leur cercles ou bandeau, qui les en-
Z i e 'il bMe ZÎer fl T ' Î ^^ ^^^c lef
1 1 f ' ^ animaux, fur lefquels il fe fixe, jufq'u'au vif au meme tems
« / r V T S^'-de force ouJent lapl.ie dÎ tflle JaSere quePalZuTfaZ
e s oi nîf^"^ , i-fi^e perce fa langue dans la 'plaie-, i boi e
plàe^ L^^JlntiThZ^ i^'^'-^Ifitot quii fe fixe, on voit le fang couler de la
^^ cf^^PofidefeptLLux, exclujif
P^gnent. La longuLe
^vmus. Ftg._ I. Meafures twelve lines.
I Hh thorax is of a lightiih dirty brown,
^ having four dark lines thereon. Thè
tTem-dJl black, down
he middle part are fix triangular fpots of a
ght brown, between thefe and the fides is a
hne or larger fpots of the fame colour, and of
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BOVINUS. Fig. I. Longueur douze lignes. IE Corcelet eftd'unecouleurbrunfaleclaire
_ ayant quatre lignes obfcures. Les ailes
lont claires. L'abdomen noir,le long du milieu
font fix taches triangulaires brunes claires, entre
elles et les côtçs il y a une rangea de taches
plus grandes de la meme couleur et irreguLeres.
Cet infedte depeint eft un maie.
Voyez Linnéf tab. 4.
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