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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
89. HELOPHILUS CONSORS, n. s. _Mas._ Niger, thorace vittis quatuor
flavis, scutello luteo, abdomine vittis tribus luteis tribusque
chalybeis, tibiis basi luteis, femoribus posticis incrassatis, alis
cinereis apud costam fuscescentibus, halteribus flavis.
_Male._ Black; thorax with four yellow stripes; scutellum luteous;
pectus cinereous; abdomen with three luteous bands and with four
chalybeous bands; 1st luteous band interrupted, very broad; 3rd and 4th
slightly excavated on the hind side; tibiæ luteous towards the base;
hind femora incrassated; hind tibiæ curved; wings cinereous, brownish
along the costa; veins black; halteres yellow. Length of the body 5
lines; of the wings 9 lines.
90. HELOPHILUS CONCLUSUS, n. s. _Mas._ Niger, capite albo, antennis
rufescentibus, arista nuda, thorace vittis quatuor flavis, scutello
fulvo, abdomine fasciis quatuor lineaque transversa flavis fasciaque
chalybea, pedibus nigro-luteis, tarsis nigris, alis cinereis apud costam
subfuscis, halteribus flavis.
_Male._ Black; head white, with a black callus above the antennæ, which
are reddish; arista simple; proboscis black; thorax with 4 yellow
stripes; scutellum tawny; pectus with a broad oblique pale yellow band
on each side; abdomen with 4 yellow bands; 1st and 2nd bands very
broad; 1st interrupted; 2nd interrupted except in front, where there is
a yellow transverse line; 3rd and 4th narrow, with a chalybeous band
along the hind border of the 3rd; legs luteous, shaded with black; tarsi
wholly black; wings grey, slightly brown along the costa; veins black,
tawny towards the base; halteres yellow. Length of the body 5 lines; of
the wings 9 lines.
Gen. MERODON, _Fabr._
91. MERODON INTERVENIENS, n. s. _Mas._ Fuscus, flavescente-cinereo
tomentosus, capite testaceo, antennis nigris, arista nuda, scutello
fulvo, abdomine fasciis septem ventreque testaceis, pedibus fulvis,
femoribus nigro vittatis, femoribus posticis incrassatis, tibiis
posticis nigris, alis cinereis litura costali nigricante, halteribus
flavis.
_Male._ Brown; head with short black hairs on the vertex, white behind,
pale testaceous, and with a brown stripe in front; proboscis and antennæ
black; arista simple; thorax thickly clothed with yellowish cinereous
down; scutellum tawny; pectus cinereous; abdomen cylindric-conical,
with seven testaceous bands; under side testaceous; legs tawny; femora
striped with black; hind femora incrassated; hind tibiæ curved, black;
wings cinereous, with a blackish mark by the middle of the costa; veins
black, halteres yellow. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10
lines.
Gen. VOLUCELLA, _Geoff._
92. VOLUCELLA DECORATA, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, oculis thoraceque
pubescentibus, hujus disco cupreo-nigro, abdomine cupreo-nigro fasciis
tribus flavis, pedibus piceo-fulvis, tarsis piceis basi fulvis, alis
vitreis, costa lutea extus fuscescente, halteribus apice niveis.
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