"The Fly"
History:
Although many of the newer constellations of the Southern Hemisphere can
be attributed to Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille who mapped the Southern
sky in the years 1751 to 1753, this area of the sky had been "described"
before. European explorers sailing in the Southern Hemisphere described
this grouping of stars as a Bee before de Lacaille labeled it as a Fly.
Originally, this constellation was called "Musca Australis," or "the Southern
Fly" to act as a counterpart to the inconspicuous (and outdated) Musca
Borealis, or "the Northern Fly." Since Musca Borealis
no longer exists, Musca no longer needs to be designated as the "Southern"
Fly, and is simply called Musca today.