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._ Body rather broad, with a few bristles. Head somewhat
dilated in front; face large. Antennæ short; 3rd joint
elongate-conical; arista long, slender, plumose. Abdomen short oval,
not longer than the thorax. Legs rather short. Wings moderately
broad; subcostal vein extending to about one-fourth of the length of
the wing; mediastinal extending a little beyond the subcostal;
radial ending at about seven-eighths of the length; cubital ending
at the tip; cubital and præbrachial almost parallel beyond the
discal transverse vein, which is straight and upright, and parted by
very much more than its length from the præbrachial transverse, and
by much less than its length from the border.
107. XANGELINA BASIGUTTA, n. s., fœm. Testacea, scutello fusco,
abdomine fulvo, alis subcinereis guttâ costali nigrâ venis
transversis nigro-sublimbatis.
_Female._ Testaceous. Proboscis partly brownish. Scutellum brown.
Abdomen tawny. Wings slightly greyish; veins black; a black dot at
the tip of the subcostal vein; transverse veins slightly clouded
with black. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Malacca.
Gen. PLATYSTOMA.
108. PLATYSTOMA RIGIDA, n. s., mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, capite subtùs
albo, antennis piceis, pectore albido, pedibus nigris, alis
nigricantibus albo confertim at interruptè guttatis.
_Male._ Ferruginous-brown, tomentose. Head white behind and beneath,
ferruginous and shining in front. Antennæ piceous; arista slightly
plumose. Pectus whitish. Legs black. Wings blackish, thickly studded
with white dots, which disappear at the base and on an undulating
band beyond the middle; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines; of
the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
109. PLATYSTOMA STELLATA, n. s., mas. Cinereo-nigra, capite subtùs
albido, antennis fulvis, facie abdominis apice pedibusque nigris
nitentibus, alis obscurè cinereis guttis confertis at interruptis
limpidis.
_Male._ Cinereous-black, tomentose. Head shining black in front,
whitish behind and beneath. Antennæ tawny. Abdomen shining black at
the tip. Legs black and shining. Wings dark grey, with numerous
limpid dots which are comparatively wanting on a blackish-brown
stripe along two-thirds of the length of the costa, and on an
exterior upright band which is connected with the above stripe.
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Malacca.
Gen. THEMARA, n. g. (_Plate I. fig. 5._)
_Mas._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, subsetosum. _Caput_ thorace paullò
angustius. _Antennæ_ epistoma non attingentes; articulus 3^{us}
lanceolatus, longiusculus; arista latè plumosa. _Abdomen_
ellipticum, thorace non longius. _Alæ_ latiusculæ, obscuræ, maculis
pallidis, venis radiali et cubitali undulatis.
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