Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca — John Shaqi
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._ Black, shining, with black bristles. Antennæ piceous; 3rd
joint elongate-conical, much shorter than that of _L. eucera_;
arista black, pubescent, full thrice the length of the 3rd joint.
Fore tarsi at the base and posterior tibiæ and tarsi testaceous.
Wings slightly greyish; veins and halteres testaceous; discal
transverse vein straight, almost upright, parted by almost its
length from the border and by nearly twice its length from the
præbrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 1¼ line; of the
wings 3 lines.
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.
Gen. CELYPHUS, _Dalman_.
100. Celyphus obtectus, _Dalman, Analecta Entomologica_, 32. 1. pl. 2.
B. f. 1–5.
Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan and the Philippine Islands.
Subfam. ORTALIDES, _Haliday_.
Gen. LAMPROGASTER, _Macq._
101. LAMPROGASTER ZONATA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite flavo nigro-vario,
antennis piceis, thorace flavo-quadrivittato, abdomine
flavo-bifasciato, tarsis albis, alis subcinereis maculis costalibus
fasciâque fuscis.
_Female._ Black, shining. Head pale yellow, with four black shining
stripes in front; vertex, with a broad dull black stripe which
occupies the whole breadth behind, is notched on each side between
the eyes, and is narrower in front. Antennæ piceous; 3rd joint
nearly linear, rounded at the tip; arista minutely plumose, more
than twice the length of the 3rd joint. Thorax with four yellow
stripes, one on each side in front of the wings, and one on each
side of the scutum. Abdomen with two yellow bands; 1st slender; 2nd
apical, dilated in the middle of the fore border; knees tawny; tarsi
white, with blackish tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid and with
brown marks at the base and along the costa, and with a brown band
which extends along the præbrachial vein to half the space between
the latter and the border; discal transverse vein straight, upright,
parted by about one-third of its length from the border, and by much
more than its length from the præbrachial transverse, which is
oblique. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10
lines.
Singapore.
102. LAMPROGASTER GLABRA, n. s., mas. Nigra, antennis piceis,
abdominis fasciâ subapicali flavâ, tarsis albis, alis sublimpidis
maculis basalibus fasciisque quatuor fuscis.
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