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._ Black. Head hoary in front. Thorax slightly cinereous, with
three black stripes. Abdomen elongate-obconical. Tibiæ ferruginous.
Wings slightly greyish; veins black, testaceous at the base; cubital
and præbrachial veins slightly diverging for nearly two-thirds of
their length from the præbrachial transverse vein, very slightly
converging from thence to the border; discal transverse vein
oblique, curved inward in the middle, parted by about its length
from the præbrachial transverse and by little more than half its
length from the border. Alulæ greyish. Length of the body 2¾ lines;
of the wings 5 lines.
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.
94. ARICIA PATULA, n. s., mas. Nigra sat lata, antennis, thoracis
lateribus, abdomine pedibusque fulvis, abdominis apice tarsisque
nigris, alia cinereis.
_Male._ Black, rather broad. Eyes bright red. Antennæ, sides of the
thorax, scutellum, abdomen and legs tawny. Abdomen hardly longer
than broad, black towards the tip. Tarsi black. Wings and alulæ
grey; veins black, tawny towards the base; cubital and præbrachial
veins diverging for more than two-thirds of their length from the
præbrachial transverse, parallel from thence to their tips; discal
transverse vein very oblique, curved inward near its hind end,
parted by more than half its length from the border, and by very
little more than its length from the præbrachial transverse vein.
Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Singapore.
Subfam. HELOMYZIDES, _Fallen_.
Gen. XARNUTA, n. g. (_Plate I. fig. 4._)
_Helomyzæ_ affinis; _mas et fœm_. _Corpus_ sat latum. _Antennarum_
articulus 3^{us} linearis; arista nuda. _Femora_ antica subtùs
tenuiter spinosa. _Alæ_ latiusculæ.
Allied to _Helomyza_. _Male and Female._ Body rather broad. Third
joint of the antennæ linear, rounded at the tip; arista bare. Fore
femora with slender spines. Wings somewhat broad; discal transverse
vein slightly oblique, parted by much less than half its length from
the border, and by about its length from the præbrachial transverse
vein.
95. XARNUTA LEUCOTELUS, n. s., mas et fœm. Ferrugineo-fulva, antennis
testaceis, pedibus fulvis, alis nigro-fuscis apice albis, margine
postico subcinereo.—Fœm. Abdominis apice nigro.
_Male and Female._ Ferruginous tawny, with black bristles. Head rather
paler. Antennæ testaceous; arista black. Legs tawny; fore femora
with black spines beneath. Wings blackish-brown, greyish along the
hind border for more than half the breadth and less than half the
length from the base; extreme tips white; veins black. Alulæ whitish
testaceous.
_Female._ Tip of the abdomen black. Length of the body 3½ lines; of
the wings 7 lines.
Singapore.
Gen. HELOMYZA, _Fallen_.
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