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
117. DIOPSIS QUINQUEGUTTATA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, proboscide pedibusque
fulvis, his ex parte fuscescentibus, alis nigricantibus basi apice
guttisque quinque sublimpidis. (_Plate II. fig. 7._)
_Female._ Black, shining. Proboscis tawny. Petioles of the eyes about
half the length of the thorax. Scutellum with two spines, which are
more than half the length of the thorax. Legs tawny, partly shaded
with brown. Wings blackish, nearly limpid at the base and at the
tips, and with two interrupted nearly limpid bands, the first of two
dots, the second of three dots; veins black. Length of the body 3
lines; of the wings 4½ lines.
Mount Ophir.
118. DIOPSIS QUADRIGUTTATA, n. s., mas. Picea, capite oculorun
petiolis pedibusque fulvis, his ex parte fuscescentibus, alis
nigricantibus basi fasciâ subapicali guttisque quatuor sublimpidis.
(_Plate II. fig. 6._)
_Male._ Piceous, shining. Head and petioles of the eyes tawny, the
latter fully half the length of the thorax. Scutellum with two
spines, which are less than half the length of the thorax. Legs
tawny, slightly shaded with brown. Wings blackish, nearly limpid at
the base and towards the tips, except the extreme part of the latter
which is slightly blackish; two interrupted nearly limpid bands,
each composed of two dots; veins black. Length of the body 2½ lines;
of the wings 4 lines.
Malacca.
Subfam. SEPSIDES, _Walk._
Gen. CALOBATA, _Fabr._
119. CALOBATA CONFINIS, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite cyaneo, antennis
piceis, femoribus posterioribus albo-cinctis, tarsis anticis albis,
alis subcinereis fasciis duabus connexis fuscis, 2^a apicali.
_Female._ Black, dull. Head blue, shining. Proboscis and antennæ
piceous. Posterior femora with a white ring near the tips; hind
femora with a white ring at the base; fore tarsi white. Wings
greyish, with two brown bands, the first connected on the hind
border with the second, which is apical; veins black. Halteres
whitish, with black knobs. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings
10 lines.
Singapore and Mount Ophir.
120. CALOBATA IMMIXTA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite cyanescente,
facialibus atris, antennis piceis, pedibus testaceis anticis nigris,
tarsis anticis albis, femoribus posterioribus fasciis quatuor
nigris, alis subcinereis fasciis duabus subconnexis fuscescentibus,
2^a apicali.
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