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
_Female._ Greenish-blue. Head whitish. Frontalia, proboscis and
antennæ black. Palpi tawny. Thorax with four purple stripes. Abdomen
purple. Legs piceous; femora bluish. Wings grey, brownish along the
costa and along the borders of the veins, which are black;
præbrachial vein forming an almost right and somewhat rounded angle
at its flexure, from whence it is very slightly curved inward to its
tip; discal transverse vein very slightly undulating, parted by full
half its length from the border, and by much more than its length
from the flexure of the præbrachial vein. Alulæ dark grey. Length of
the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Singapore.
85. MUSCA FUMIPENNIS, n. s. (genus Silbomyia, _Macq._), fœm,
Cyaneo-viridis, capite testaceo, frontalibus piceis, palpis
antennisque testaceis, thoracis vittis quatuor subobsoletis
purpurascentibus, scutello abdomineque purpureo-cyaneis, pedibus
nigris robustis densè pilosis, alis fuscis, apud costæ dimidium
basale sublimpidis.
_Female._ Bluish-green. Head pale testaceous; frontalia piceous.
Proboscis black. Palpi and antennæ testaceous. Thorax with four very
indistinct purplish stripes. Scutellum and abdomen purplish-blue.
Legs black, stout, thickly pilose; fore coxæ tawny. Wings brown,
paler at the tips and along the hind border, nearly limpid along the
costa for half the breadth, and rather less than half the length
from the base; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a very slightly
oblique and much-rounded angle at its flexure, from whence it is
moderately curved inward to its tip; discal transverse vein nearly
straight, parted by rather more than half its length from the
border, and by much less than its length from the flexure of the
præbrachial vein. Alulæ grey. Length of the body 5 lines; of the
wings 10 lines.
Singapore.
86. MUSCA DOTATA, n. s. (genua Phormia? _Desv._), mas. Viridis, capite
antico albo, palpis antennisque fulvis, abdominis vittâ dorsali
nigrâ fasciisque nigro-æneis, pedibus nigris, alis cinereis, dimidio
apicali antico nigro-fusco.
_Male._ Green. Head white in front. Proboscis black. Palpi and antennæ
tawny. Abdomen with a black dorsal stripe, and with blackish bronze
bands. Legs black. Wings grey; apical half blackish-brown, excepting
the hind border; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a very obtuse
and somewhat rounded angle at its flexure, from whence it is very
slightly curved inward to its tip; discal transverse vein moderately
undulating, parted by little more than half its length from the
border and by rather less than its length from the flexure of the
præbrachial. Alulæ grey. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 7
lines.
Singapore.
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