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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3: Zoology
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108. ARICIA CANIVITTA, n. s. _Foem._ Fulva, subtus testacea, capite
nigro, facie argentea, palpis antennisque testaceis, thoracis disco,
abdominis plagis duabus trigonis pedibusque nigris, thorace vitta cana,
alis cinereis.
_Female._ Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head black, face silvery; palpi and
antennae testaceous; disk of the thorax blackish, with a broad hoary
stripe; disk of the scutellum piceous; second and third segments of the
abdomen with triangular black bands; legs black, coxae and trochanters
testaceous; wings grey, veins black, discal transverse vein hardly
curved inward, parted by more than half its length from the border, and
by a little less than its length from the praebrachial transverse; alulae
pale cinereous, with testaceous borders. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines,
of the wings 7 lines.
Gen. ANTHOMYIA, _Meigen._
109. ANTHOMYIA PROCELLARIA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, subtus albida, capite
argenteo, thorace fasciis duabus (prima interrupta) albis, abdomine
vitta tenui fasciisque interruptis albidis, alis cinereis, halteribus
testaceis.
Nearly allied to _A. pluvialis_ and to _A. tonitrui. Male._ Black,
whitish beneath. Head silvery; thorax with two whitish bands, the first
interrupted in the middle, widened on each side; scutellum elongate;
abdomen with a slender whitish stripe, and with interrupted whitish
bands, which are widened on each side; wings grey, veins black, discal
transverse vein nearly straight, parted by less than half its length
from the border and by hardly less than its length from the praebrachial
transverse; alulae grey, with testaceous borders; halteres testaceous.
Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Gen. CAENOSIA, _Meigen._
110. CAENOSIA LUTEICORNIS, n. s. _Mas._ Cana, capite antennisque pallide
luteis, abdomine basi testaceo maculis octo nigris, pedibus
halteribusque testaceis, alis sublimpidis apice nigris.
_Male._ Hoary. Head pale luteous, frontalia darker, widening towards the
face; palpi white; antennae pale luteous, extending to the epistoma,
third joint long, slender, linear, arista plumose for half the length
from the base; abdomen testaceous towards the base, with four dorsal
black spots and with two black spots on each side towards the tip; legs
testaceous; wings nearly limpid, with a black apical spot, discal
transverse vein nearly straight, parted by less than its length from the
border and by very much more than its length from the praebrachial
transverse; alulae white; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3
lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Subfam. HELOMYZIDES, _Fallen._
Gen. COELOPA, _Meigen._
111. COELOPA INCONSPICUA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinerea, antennis piceis,
pectore antico, abdomine pedibusque fulvis, his nigro variis, alis
cinereis, halteribus testaceis.
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