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
87. MUSCA DIFFIDENS, n. s. (genus Pyrellia, _Desv._), fœm.
Cyaneo-viridis, capite albido, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris,
alis vix cinerascentibus.
_Female._ Bright bluish-green. Head whitish. Proboscis, palpi, antennæ
and legs black. Wings hardly greyish; veins black; præbrachial vein
gently curved at its flexure, from whence it is almost straight to
its tip; discal transverse vein almost straight, parted by much less
than its length from the border, and by much more than its length
from the curve of the præbrachial vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the
body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
88. MUSCA CONFIXA, n. s. (genus Pyrellia, _Desv._), fœm. Lætè viridis
cyaneo purpureoque varia, capite nigro, antice albido, palpis
testaceis, antennis nigris basi rufescentibus, abdominis apice
subæneo, pedibus nigris, alis cinereis.
_Female._ Bright green, tinged with blue and purple along each side.
Head black above, whitish in front. Proboscis black. Palpi
testaceous. Antennæ black; first and second joints reddish. Abdomen
slightly æneous at the tip. Legs black; femora green. Wings grey;
veins black; præbrachial vein gently curved at its flexure, between
which and its tip it is slightly curved inward, discal transverse
vein moderately undulating, parted by much less than its length from
the border, and by a little less than its length from the flexure of
the præbrachial vein. Alulæ dark grey. Length of the body 3½ lines;
of the wings 7 lines.
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.
89. MUSCA REFIXA, n. s. (genus Pyrellia, _Desv._), fœm. Purpurea,
lateribus subtùsque cyanea aut cyaneo-viridis, capite antico, palpis
pedibusque nigris, antennarum articulo tertio piceo, alis
subcinereis.
_Female._ Purple shining, blue on each side and beneath. Head in
front, proboscis, palpi and legs black. Third joint of the antennæ
piceous. Wings slightly greyish; veins black; præbrachial vein
forming a gentle curve at its flexure, which is very near the
border, indistinctly curved outward from thence to its tip; discal
transverse vein almost straight, parted by little more than half its
length from the border, and by about its length from the flexure of
the præbrachial vein. Alulæ grey. Length of the body 2½–2¾ lines; of
the wings 5–5½ lines.
_Var._ β. Bluish-green. Scutellum purplish-blue. Discal transverse
vein very indistinctly curved inward.
Singapore.
90. MUSCA PERFIXA, n. s. (genus Pyrellia, _Desv._), fœm. Purpurea,
capite palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alis limpidis.
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