Giant tachinid fly, Tachina grossa 1, parasitoid fly, Gymnosoma rotundatum 2,6, Linnaemya vulpina 3, Tachina fera 4, face fly, Musca autumnalis 5, cheese skipper, Piophila casei 7, Zophomyia temula 8, Mesembrina meridiana 9, Musca repens 10, and Trixa conspersa 11. Diptera. Muscae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Moses Harris from his own Exposition of English Insects, Including the several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, or Bees, Flies and Libellulae, White and Robson, London, 1782.

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