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, shining. Antennæ piceous, in structure like those of
_L. zonata_. Abdomen with a slender yellow band near the tip. Tarsi
white, with black tips. Wings nearly limpid, with four brown bands,
slightly testaceous and with some indistinct brown marks at the
base; 1st and 3rd bands entire; 1st broader and darker than the
others; 2nd and 4th interrupted; veins black, testaceous towards the
base; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by one-fourth
of its length from the border, and by more than its length from the
præbrachial transverse vein, which is also upright. Halteres tawny.
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
103. LAMPROGASTER TRANSVERSA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite fulvo fasciis
duabus nigris unâque albidâ, antennis fulvis, thoracis vittis
quatuor dorsalibus fulvis duabusque lateralibus albidis, abdomine
nigro-purpureo basi fulvo maculisque duabus subapicalibus flavis,
pedibus fulvis, tarsis albidis, alis subcinereis fusco sexfasciatis.
_Female._ Black. Head tawny, with two black bands above and a whitish
band in front. Antennæ tawny. Thorax with four dorsal tawny stripes
which are confluent in front and with two lateral whitish stripes.
Abdomen blackish-purple, tawny at the base, and with a yellow spot
on each side near the tip which is lanceolate. Legs tawny; tarsi
whitish, with black tips; hind tibiæ with brownish tips. Wings
slightly greyish, with about six irregular macular brown bands;
veins brown, tawny at the base; discal transverse vein nearly
straight and upright, parted by much less than its length from the
border, and by more than its length from the præbrachial transverse
vein, which is oblique. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4
lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Malacca.
104. LAMPROGASTER VITTATA, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite ex parte flavo,
antennis fulvis, thorace flavo-bivittato, scutello flavo-marginato,
abdominis vittâ dorsali flavâ, tarsis albis, alis nigricantibus basi
fasciisque quatuor albidis.
_Male._ Black, shining. Head pale yellow in front, beneath and about
the eyes. Antennæ tawny. Thorax with two yellow stripes; scutellum
with a yellow border. Pectus with an oblique yellow band on each
side. Abdomen with a yellow dorsal stripe. Tarsi white, with black
tips. Wings blackish, whitish at the base, and with four whitish
bands; 1st band irregular; 2nd and 3rd entire; 4th interrupted;
veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by
about one-fourth of its length from the border, and by much more
than its length from the præbrachial transverse vein, which is
slightly oblique. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines;
of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
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