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._ Green. Head bright blue, white in front. Proboscis, legs and
halteres testaceous. Antennæ black; arista as long as the thorax.
Pectus white. Abdominal segments with black bands. Legs long; tarsi
and tips of the hind tibiæ black. Wings limpid; veins black; fore
branch of the præbrachial vein slightly curved; hind branch
extending to the border; discal transverse vein rather deeply
undulating. Length of the body 4½ lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Mount Ophir.
50. PSILOPUS ROBUSTUS, n. s., fœm. Purpureo-cyaneus, capite purpureo,
facie pectoreque albis, antennis pedibus halteribusque testaceis,
thorace viridi-vario, abdominis fasciis nigris, tarsis apice
nigricantibus, alis subcinereis.
_Female._ Purplish-blue. Head bright purple, white in front. Proboscis
and antennæ testaceous; arista black, full as long as the thorax.
Thorax green on each side and in front. Pectus white. Abdomen with
black bands. Legs long, pale testaceous; tarsi blackish towards the
tips. Wings slightly greyish; veins black; fore branch of the
præbrachial vein moderately curved; discal transverse vein
moderately undulating. Halteres pale testaceous. Length of the body
2½ lines; of the wings 6 lines.
This may be the female of _P. clarus_.
Singapore.
51. PSILOPUS SUBNOTATUS, n. s., mas. Cyaneus, capite purpureo, facie
pectoreque albis, proboscide antennis pedibusque testaceis, thoracis
lateribus anticis viridibus, abdomine viridi-cyaneo basi apiceque
purpurascente, tarsis apice nigricantibus, alis subcinereis
albido-bifasciatis.
_Male._ Blue. Head purple above, white in front. Proboscis and antennæ
testaceous; arista black, nearly as long as the thorax. Thorax green
on each side in front. Pectus white. Abdomen greenish-blue, purplish
at the base and at the tip. Legs testaceous, rather long; tarsi
blackish towards the tips. Wings slightly greyish, with two
imperfect whitish bands; hind border white towards the tip; costa
interruptedly blackish; veins black; fore branch of the præbrachial
vein almost straight; hind branch extending to the border; discal
transverse vein almost straight, hardly undulating. Halteres pale
testaceous. Length of the body 2½ lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Mount Ophir.
52. PSILOPUS POSTICUS, n. s., mas. Viridis, proboscide antennis
abdominis fasciis pedibusque nigris, tibiis luridis, alis nigris
apud marginem posticum sublimpidis.
_Male._ Dark green. Head above bluish-green. Proboscis and antennæ
black; arista nearly as long as the body. Abdomen with black bands.
Legs black; posterior tibiæ lurid; fore tibiæ testaceous. Wings
black, rather narrow, nearly limpid along the hind border; veins
black; fore branch of the præbrachial vein slightly curved; discal
transverse vein slightly undulating. Halteres black. Length of the
body 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Malacca.
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