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
_Male._ Body rather broad. Head and thorax slightly setose. Head a
little less broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis
short. Palpi short, porrect. Antennæ not reaching the epistoma; 3rd
joint lanceolate, rather long; arista deeply plumose, about twice
the length of the 3rd joint. Abdomen elliptical, as long as the
thorax. Wings rather broad, dark, with pale marks; subcostal vein
ending at much beyond one-third of the length; mediastinal ending at
much beyond half the length; radial undulating, ending at about
five-sixths of the length; cubital undulating, ending at the tip of
the wing; præbrachial and subanal hardly undulating; discal
transverse vein straight, nearly upright, parted by one-tenth of its
length from the border, and by more than half its length from the
præbrachial transverse.
110. THEMARA AMPLA, n. s., mas. Ferruginea, subtùs testacea, scutello,
abdominis fusci fasciis tribus pedibusque testaceis, alis obscurè
fuscis, maculis tribus anticis luridis tribusque posticis albis.
_Male._ Ferruginous, slightly shining, testaceous beneath. Head in
front and appendages testaceous. Scutellum and legs testaceous.
Abdomen brown above, testaceous at the base and with two testaceous
bands. Wings dark brown, with three hyaline triangular spots in
front and three on the hind border; the costal spots lurid, the hind
spots white. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Singapore.
Gen. STRUMETA, n. g. (_Plate II. fig. 4._)
_Fœm._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, pubescens, vix setosum. _Abdomen_
brevi-ovatum, thorace latius et paullò longius. _Alæ_ mediocriter
latæ, limpidæ, fasciis fuscis, venâ transversâ præbrachiali
undulatâ, perobliquâ.
_Female._ Body rather broad, dull, pubescent, hardly setose. Head
rather less broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis
and palpi short. Antennæ mutilated in the insect here described.
Abdomen short oval, broader and a little longer than the thorax.
Wings moderately broad, limpid with brown bands; longitudinal veins
almost straight; subcostal and mediastinal veins almost contiguous;
mediastinal vein ending at much beyond half the length of the wing;
radial ending at a little beyond four-fifths of the length; cubital
ending at somewhat in front of the tip; discal transverse vein
nearly straight and upright, parted by full one-fourth of its length
from the border, and by about its length from the præbrachial
transverse which is undulating and very oblique.
111. STRUMETA CONFORMIS, n. s., fœm. Cervina, thoracis vittis duabus,
metathorace et pectoris disco nigricantibus, pedibus testaceis, alis
limpidis fusco-quadrifasciatis.
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