Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: ZoologyLinnean Society of London
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
71. PSILOPUS FILIFER, n. s. _Mas._ Viridescente-cyaneus, capite
pectoreque argenteis, antennis pedibusque nigris, arista longissima,
abdomine viridi fasciis nigris, tibiis anterioribus albidis, alis
subcinereis. _Foem.?_ Viridis, capite cyaneo, tibiis anterioribus
testaceis.
_Male._ Greenish blue; head and pectus with silvery white tomentum;
antennæ black; arista much longer than the body; abdomen green, with
a black band on the base of each segment; legs black, long, slender;
anterior tibiæ dingy whitish; wings slightly cinereous; veins black;
fore branch of the præbrachial vein much curved; discal transverse vein
very slightly undulating.
_Female?_ Bright green; head blue, its fore part and the pectus with
silvery white tomentum; abdomen with black bands; anterior tibiæ
testaceous; discal transverse vein straight. Length of the body 2-1/2
lines; of the wings 5 lines.
72. PSILOPUS ÆSTIMATUS, n. s. _Mas._ Viridis, capite pectoreque
argenteis, antennis nigris basi testaceis, abdomine fasciis latis
nigris, pedibus flavescentibus, femoribus posticis apice tarsisque
nigris; alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis.
_Male._ Bright green; head in front and pectus silvery white; antennæ
black, testaceous at the base; arista about as long as the thorax;
abdomen with a broad black band on the base of each segment; legs
yellowish, stout; tarsi black; femora paler than the tibiæ; hind femora
with black tips; wings greyish; veins black; cubital vein slightly
curved; fore branch of the præbrachial vein much curved; discal
transverse vein straight; halteres testaceous. Length of the body
2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
73. PSILOPUS ABRUPTUS, n. s. _Mas._ Viridis, capite cyaneo, facie
pectoreque subargenteis, antennis pedibus halteribusque nigris, abdomine
cyanescente-viridi, alis cinereis.
_Male._ Bright green; head blue; its fore part and the pectus somewhat
silvery; antennæ black; arista hardly longer than the thorax; abdomen
bluish green; legs black; wings grey; veins black; fore branch of the
cubital vein forming a much rounded right angle, from whence it is
straight to its tip; discal transverse vein straight, parted by half its
length from the border, and by less than its length from the fork of
the cubital; halteres black. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4
lines.
Gen. DOLICHOPUS, _Latr._
74. DOLICHOPUS CINEREUS, n. s. _Mas._ Cinereus, capite albo, antennis
fulvis, pectore albido, abdomine fasciis æneo-nigris, pedibus testaceis,
tarsis anterioribus apice nigricantibus, tibiis posticis apice tarsisque
posticis nigris, alis cinereis, halteribus testaceis.
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