Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and MalaccaWallace, Alfred Russel
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Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Diptera -- Malacca; Diptera -- Singapore
_Male._ Cinereous. Head with yellowish-white tomentum, clothed beneath
with white hairs; face very slightly convex towards the epistoma.
Mystax with a few testaceous, and with still fewer black bristles.
Proboscis black, slightly lanceolate, rather slender. Antennæ tawny;
3rd joint and arista black, the latter four times the length of the
former which is fusiform. Thorax with two brown stripes. Pectus
hoary. Abdomen with a hoary band on the hind border of each segment.
Legs testaceous, with very few black bristles; tarsi, except at the
base and tips of the femora and of the tibiæ, black; hind femora and
hind tibiæ mostly black. Wings nearly limpid, blackish towards the
tips; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 7 lines;
of the wings 14 lines.
Malacca.
42. ASILUS LATIFASCIA, n. s., mas. Cinereo-niger, capite albido,
mystace testaceo, thoracis vittis quatuor pectoreque canis, abdomine
ferrugineo, basi apiceque nigris, pedibus fulvis nigro-variis, alis
nigricantibus margine postico fusco.
_Male._ Black, with a slight cinereous tinge. Head with some whitish
hairs beneath. Face whitish, flat. Mystax with many pale testaceous
bristles. Proboscis straight, slightly lanceolate. Antennæ black.
Thorax with four slight hoary stripes. Pectus hoary. Abdomen
ferruginous, black at the base and towards the tip. Legs tawny;
tarsi, hind femora, and tips of the posterior tibiæ black; anterior
femora black above. Wings blackish, brown along the hind border;
veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 9 lines; of the
wings 16 lines.
Singapore.
43. Asilus Barium, _Walk. Cat. Dipt._ pt. 2. 426.
Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Ceylon and Sumatra.
Gen. OMMATIUS, _Illiger_.
44. Ommatius Pennus, _Walk. Cat. Dipt._ pt. 2. 469. Malacca. Inhabits
also Sumatra, Borneo, and Corea.
45. Ommatius Hecale, _Walk. Cat. Dipt._ pt. 2. 476. Singapore.
46. OMMATIUS GRACILIS, n. s., mas. Nigro-fuscus, facie atrâ, thoracis
lateribus pectoreque canis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque
apice tarsisque nigris, alis sublimpidis apice cinereis.
_Male._ Blackish-brown. Face flat, deep black. Proboscis black, rather
slender, slightly lanceolate. Antennæ black. Pectus and sides of the
thorax hoary. Abdomen dull black. Legs tawny; tarsi and tips of the
femora and of the tibiæ black. Wings nearly limpid, dark grey
towards the tips; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the
body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Mount Ophir.
Fam. LEPTIDÆ, _Westw._
Gen. LEPTIS, _Fabr._
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