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._ Very nearly allied to _M. refixa_. Purple, shining. Head and
appendages and legs black. Wings limpid; veins black; præbrachial
vein forming a gentle curve at its flexure which is very near the
border, straight from thence to its tip; discal transverse vein
almost straight, parted by about half its length from the border,
and by a little more than its length from the flexure of the
præbrachial vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the
wings 6 lines.
Mount Ophir.
91. MUSCA AFFIXA, n. s. (genus Morellia, _Desv._), mas. Obscurè nigra,
capite antico albo, thoracis vittis tribus latis albidis, abdomine
subtessellato, alis subcinereis.
_Male._ Dull black. Head white in front. Thorax with three broad
whitish stripes. Abdomen slightly tessellated. Wings greyish; veins
black; præbrachial vein forming a gentle curve at its flexure which
is very near the border, nearly straight from its flexure to its
tip; discal transverse vein hardly undulating, parted by less than
half its length from the border, and by little less than its length
from the flexure of the præbrachial vein. Alulæ grey. Length of the
body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. ANTHOMYIDES, _Walk._
Gen. ARICIA, _Macq._
92. ARICIA ARGENTATA, n. s., mas. Cana, capite argenteo, palpis
antennis pedibusque nigris, thoracis vittis duabus nigricantibus,
scutelli apice testaceo, abdominis maculis quatuor nigris dorsalibus
basi testaceo, femoribus testaceis, alis subcinereis.
_Male._ Hoary. Head silvery-white. Proboscis, palpi, antennæ and legs
black. Thorax with two blackish stripes. Scutellum towards the tip
and femora testaceous. Abdomen with four black dorsal spots,
testaceous towards the base. Wings and alulæ slightly greyish; veins
black, testaceous towards the base; cubital and præbrachial veins
slightly diverging for about two-thirds of their length from the
præbrachial transverse vein, very slightly converging from thence to
the border; discal transverse vein oblique, slightly curved inward
along its hind half, parted by a little more than its length from
the præbrachial transverse, and by much less than its length from
the border. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Malacca.
Gen. HYDROTÆA, _Macq._
93. HYDROTÆA SOLENNIS, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite cano, thorace
subcinereo nigro-trivittato, abdomine longi-obconico, tibiis
ferrugineis, alis subcinoreis.
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