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
105. LAMPROGASTER GUTTATA, n. s., fœm. Cinerea, capite nigro
trimaculato anticè testaceo, antennis fulvis, thorace
cano-quinquevittato, lateribus testaceis, abdominis fasciâ anticâ
fulvâ, tarsis albidis, alis subcinereis fasciis octo subinterruptis
fuscis.
_Female._ Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head partly dull testaceous
in front; vertex with three black spots, two in front and one
behind. Antennæ tawny; arista pubescent. Thorax with five hoary
stripes which are connected in front by a transverse band; sides
testaceous. Pectus with an oblique dull testaceous stripe on each
side. Abdomen with a tawny band on the hind border of the first
segment; oviduct slender, lanceolate. Tarsi whitish, with black
tips. Wings greyish, with about eight irregular and partly
interrupted brown bands; veins and halteres testaceous; discal
transverse vein nearly straight and upright, parted by about
one-fourth of its length from the border, and by more than its
length from the præbrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 3
lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
106. LAMPROGASTER TRUNCATULA, n. s., fœm. Nigra robusta, abdominis
apice compresso lanceolato, tarsis albis, alis subcinereis lituris
transversis fuscescentibus fasciisque duabus nigro-fuscis.
_Female._ Black, stout, slightly shining. Arista pubescent. Abdomen
compressed and lanceolate at the tip. Tarsi white, with black tips.
Wings slightly greyish, with several slight transverse brownish
marks, and with two blackish-brown bands; the 1st broad, basal, not
extending beyond half the breadth from the costa; the 2nd narrow,
entire, near the 1st; veins black; discal transverse vein straight
and upright, parted by one-third of its length from the border, and
by very much more than its length from the præbrachial transverse
vein. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2½ lines; of the wings
5 lines.
Singapore.
Gen. XANGELINA, n. g. (_Plate I. fig. 3._)
_Fœm._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, parce setosum. _Caput_ antice
subdilatatum; facies magna. _Antennæ_ breves; articulus 3^{us}
longi-conicus; arista longa, gracilis, plumata. _Abdomen_
brevi-ovatum, thorace non longius. _Pedes_ breviusculi. _Alæ_
mediocriter latæ; venæ rectæ.
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