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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3: Zoology
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_Male._ AEneous green, with slight hoary tomentum, very finely punctured.
Head black, whitish about the eyes; epistoma ferruginous, prominent;
antennae black, ferruginous at the base, third joint long, linear,
conical at the tip; arista bare; thorax with an indistinct broad hoary
stripe; abdomen compressed, nearly linear; legs black; femora
ferruginous; wings slightly greyish, black along the costa and with a
black stripe which extends along the praebrachial vein to the discal
transverse vein; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, oblique,
parted by a little more than half its length from the border, and by
very much more than its length from the praebrachial transverse; halteres
piceous. Length of the body 4-6 lines; of the wings 5-7 lines.
134. DACUS LATIVENTRIS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigro-viridis, subtilissime
punctatus; capite piceo apud oculos albido; antennis fulvis, articulo
tertio sublanceolato; abdomine brevi, lato; pedibus nigris, femoribus
anticis fulvis; alis subcinereis, costa vittaque apud venam
praebrachialem nigris, vena discali transversa nigricante nebulosa;
halteribus albidis.
_Female._ Blackish green, very minutely punctured. Head piceous, whitish
about the eyes; epistoma ferruginous, slightly prominent; antennae tawny,
third joint rather long, somewhat lanceolate, arista bare; abdomen
nearly round, broader than the thorax; legs black, fore femora tawny;
wings very slightly greyish, black along the costa to the tip of the
praebrachial vein, with a black stripe along the praebrachial vein to the
discal transverse vein, and with a blackish tinge about the discal
transverse vein and along the adjoining part of the hind border; veins
black, discal transverse straight, vein parted by less than half its
length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the
praebrachial transverse; halteres whitish. Length of the body 2 lines; of
the wings 4 lines.
135. DACUS OBTRUDENS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigro-viridis, subtilissime
punctatus; capite nigro apud oculos albido; antennis piceis basi
rufescentibus, articulo tertio lineari longissimo; abdomine lineari
maculis duabus lateralibus testaceis; pedibus nigris, femoribus apice
tarsisque posticis basi fulvis; alis subcinereis, costa, apice maculaque
apud venam transversam discalem nigricantibus; halteribus albis.
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