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
47. LEPTIS DECISA, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite albo, antennis testaceis
basi nigris, thoracis callis testaceis, vittis duabus pectoreque
canis, abdomine testaceo, vittâ dorsali fasciisque nigris, femoribus
testaceis apice nigris, alis sublimpidis fasciâ apiceque fuscis.
_Male._ Black. Head white in front. Antennæ testaceous, black towards
the base. Humeral calli testaceous. Thorax with two hoary stripes;
sides and pectus hoary. Abdomen testaceous, with a black dorsal
stripe and a black band on the hind border of each segment. Femora
testaceous, with black tips; hind femora black for more than half
the length from the tips. Wings nearly limpid, pale brown towards
the tips, and with a darker brown band which tapers irregularly from
the costa to the hind border and crosses the base of the discal
areolet; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4½
lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Malacca.
Fam. BOMBYLIDÆ, _Leach_.
Gen. ANTHRAX, _Fabr._
48. ANTHRAX DEGENERA, n. s., mas et fœm. Nigra, pectore albido,
abdominis lateribus ferrugineis, ventre testaceo, alis subcinereis,
pedibus basi testaceis. Mas. Alis basi et apud costam nigro-fuscis.
Fœm. Alis plus dimidio basali nigro-fuscis.
_Male and Female._ Dull black. Head not broader than long. Antennæ
small; 3rd joint short-conical; arista somewhat longer than the 3rd
joint. Pectus whitish. Abdomen blackish-brown, ferruginous on each
side, testaceous beneath. Legs long, slender. Wings greyish; veins
black; radial vein curved towards its tip; fore fork of the cubital
undulating, parallel to the radial, forming near its base an obtuse
angle which emits the stump of a vein; hind fork straight; three
nearly straight externo-medial veins; 2nd connected with the 3rd by
an undulating and very oblique veinlet; subanal vein near the anal
on the border. Halteres testaceous.—_Male._ Hind femora testaceous
towards the base; anterior femora dark testaceous. Wings
blackish-brown at the base and along the costa.—_Female._ Hind
femora testaceous with black tips; anterior femora paler testaceous.
Wings blackish-brown for much more than half the length from the
base. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Singapore.
Fam. DOLICHOPIDÆ, _Leach_.
Gen. PSILOPUS, _Meigen_.
49. PSILOPUS CLARUS, n. s., mas. Viridis, capite cyaneo, facie
pectoreque albis, antennis nigris, abdominis segmentis
nigro-fascistis, pedibus testaceis, tibiis posticis apice tarsisque
nigris, alis limpidis.
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