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
96. HELOMYZA INTEREUNS, n. s., mas. Fulva, capite metathorace pectore
pedibusque testaceis, abdominis maculis transversis nigricantibus,
tarsis ferrugineis, alis subcinereis apices versus et apud venam
transversam discalem fuscis.
_Male._ Tawny with black bristles. Head, metathorax, pectus, legs and
halteres testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse blackish mark on the
disk of each segment towards the tip. Tarsi somewhat ferruginous.
Wings slightly greyish; tips brown, which hue is darkest in front;
veins tawny, black towards the tips; transverse veins black. Discal
transverse vein clouded with brown, parted by much less than its
length from the border, and by much more than twice its length from
the præbrachial transverse vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the body
2½ lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Malacca.
97. HELOMYZA EXEUNS, n. s., mas. Fulva, capite antico, metathorace
pectore pedibusque testaceis, abdominis maculis transversis
nigricantibus, tarsis ferrugineis apice fuscis, alis subcinereis
maculâ apicibusque fuscis.
Very nearly allied to _H. intereuns_. _Male._ Tawny. Head in front,
metathorax, pectus, legs and halteres testaceous. Abdomen with a
transverse blackish mark on the disk of each segment. Tarsi
ferruginous, with black tips. Wings slightly greyish; tips brown;
veins black, tawny at the base; a brown spot on the discal
transverse vein, which is straight, slightly oblique, parted by less
than its length from the border, and by about thrice its length from
the discal transverse vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the body 2¼
lines; of the wings 4½ lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. LAUXANIDES, _Walk._
Gen. LAUXANIA, _Latr._
98. LAUXANIA EUCERA, n. s., mas. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, capite
atrobiguttato, antennis piceis longissimis, aristâ albâ, abdomine
pedibusque fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis, alis
subcinereis apud costam subluridis.
_Male._ Black, with greyish tomentum. Head with a deep black spot on
each side between the eyes. Proboscis dull tawny. Palpi black.
Antennæ piceous; 1st joint long; 3rd slender, cylindrical, longer
than the 1st and the 2nd together; arista white, pubescent, longer
than the 3rd joint. Abdomen and legs tawny; femora and tibiæ with
black bands; tarsi with black tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid
along the costa; veins black; discal transverse vein straight,
slightly oblique, parted by less than its length from the border,
and by more than twice its length from the præbrachial transverse
vein. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4½
lines.
Singapore.
99. LAUXANIA DETEREUNS, n. s., fœm. Nigra, nitens, antennis piceis,
aristâ nigrâ, tarsis anticis basi tibiisque tarsisque posterioribus
testaceis, alis subcinereis.
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