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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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_Male._ Golden green; head cinereous black; eyes bare; proboscis,
palpi, and antennæ black, the latter not reaching the epistoma; disk
of the thorax bright cupreous; abdomen shorter than the thorax; legs
black; wings grey, with a lurid tinge at the base and along part of
the costa; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a rounded and very
obtuse angle at its flexure, hardly curved inward from thence to its
tip; discal transverse vein very slightly curved inward behind the
middle, parted by much less than its length from the border, and by
hardly less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ
dark grey. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
133. MUSCA INSCRIBENS, n. s. (Gen. Chrysomyia, _Desv._). _Foem._
Aureo-viridis, capite albo, palpis fulvis antennis piceis, abdomine
segmentorum marginibus pedibusque nigris, alis cinereis basi
nigricantibus, alulis cinereo-albis.
_Female._ Deep bright green; head white; frontalia black, linear;
palpi tawny; antennæ piceous, nearly reaching the epistoma; abdomen
almost as long as the thorax, hind borders of the segments black; legs
black; wings grey, blackish at the base; veins black; præbrachial vein
forming an obtuse and rounded angle at its flexure, hardly curved
inward from thence to its tip; discal transverse vein nearly straight,
parted by little more than half its length from the border, and by
much less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ
cinereous with white borders, the upper pair white. Length of the body
4-1/2 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
134. MUSCA ELECTA, n. s. (Gen. Lucilia, _Desv._). _Mas et Foem._
Viridis, capite albo, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alis
cinereis, alulis albido-cinereis. _Foem._ Frontis lateribus nigris.
_Var. β, Mas._ Aureo-viridis.
_Male and Female._ Bright green; head white, that of the female
black and shining on each side of the broad dull black frontalia;
antennæ black, nearly reaching the epistoma; abdomen a little broader
and shorter than the thorax; legs black; wings grey; veins black;
præbrachial vein forming a very obtuse and much-rounded angle at its
flexure, almost straight from thence to the border; discal transverse
vein slightly curved inward in the middle, parted by much less than
its length from the border, and by hardly less than its length from
the flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ whitish cinereous; lower alulæ
of the male dark cinereous. Length of the body 4-1/2 lines; of the
wings 8 lines.
_Male. Var._ β. Golden-green; the four alulæ dark cinereous.
135. MUSCA FORTUNATA, n. s. (Gen. Chrysomyia, _Desv._). _Mas._
Subaurato viridis, capite albo, palpis fulvis, antennis piceis,
abdomine segmentorum marginibus posticis cyaneis, pedibus nigris, alis
obscure cinereis basi nigricantibus, alulis albidis.
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