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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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78. DOLICHOPUS PROVENIENS, n. s. _Foem._ Obscure viridis, capite
albo, antennis nigris thorace vittis duabus pectoreque cinereis,
abdomine cyanescente-viridi fasciis cupreis, pedibus nigris, femoribus
anterioribus apice tibiisque fulvis, alis nigricantibus, halteribus
fulvis.
_Female._ Dark green; head white in front and about the eyes; antennæ
black; 3rd joint round; arista shorter than the breadth of the head;
thorax with two cinereous stripes; pectus cinereous; abdomen bluish
green, with cupreous bands; legs black; tibiæ and tips of anterior
femora tawny; wings blackish; veins black; præbrachial vein quite
straight; discal transverse vein straight, parted by twice its length
from the end of the subanal vein; halteres tawny. Length of the body 2
lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Gen. CHRYSOTUS, _Meigen_.
79. CHRYSOTUS EXACTUS, n. s. _Mas._ Obscure viridis, cinereo-tomentosus,
antennis pedibusque nigris, abdomine obscure cupreo, tibiis anticis
fulvis, alis cinereis.
_Male._ Dark green, with cinereous tomentum; antennæ black; 3rd joint
conical; arista much shorter than the breadth of the head; abdomen
dark-cupreous; legs black; fore tibiæ tawny; wings grey; veins black;
præbrachial vein hardly bent exteriorly; discal transverse vein parted
by more than four times its length from the end of the subanal vein.
Length of the body 1-1/4 line; of the wings 2 lines.
Gen. DIAPHORUS, _Meigen_.
80. DIAPHORUS RESUMENS, _Wlk._ See Vol. 11. p. 93.
Fam. LONCHOPTERIDÆ, _Curtis_.
Gen. CADREMA, n. g.
_Mas. Corpus_ breviusculum, sat gracile. _Caput_ thorace vix
angustius; facies subobliqua. _Antennæ_ brevissimæ; arista apicalis,
longa, subpubescens. _Abdomen_ ovatum, thorace vix longius. _Pedes_
posteriores robusti; tibiæ posticæ calcare apicali arcuata. _Alæ_
angustæ lanceolatæ.
_Male._ Body rather short and slender; head nearly as broad as the
thorax; face slightly oblique. Antennæ extremely short; arista long,
apical, minutely pubescent. Abdomen oval, hardly longer or broader than
the thorax. Posterior legs stout; hind tibiæ with a curved apical spur.
Wings narrow, lanceolate; cubital vein and præbrachial vein parallel,
the latter ending at the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein
straight, ending at full thrice its length from the border and at nearly
thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse.
81. CADREMA LONCHOPTEROIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea, antennis luteis,
thoracis disco et metathorace nigris, abdomine apicem versus nigricante,
alis vitreis macula apicali nigricante.
_Male._ Testaceous; antennæ luteous; disk of the thorax and metathorax
black; abdomen blackish towards the tip; wings vitreous, with a blackish
apical spot; veins black, testaceous towards the base. Length of the
body 1-3/4 line; of the wings 4 lines.
Fam. PLATYPEZIDÆ, _Haliday_.
Gen. PLATYPEZA, _Meigen_.
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