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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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155. COENOSIA RESPONDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Cana, capite apud oculos albo,
palpis albidis, antennis halteribusque testaceis, thorace lineis
tribus nigris, abdomine subfusiformi e maculis nigris trivittato,
pedibus nigris, femoribus apice tibiisque fulvis, alis cinereis,
alulis albis.
_Female._ Hoary; head white about the eyes; frontalia reddish; palpi
whitish; antennæ testaceous, 3rd joint long, slender, nearly reaching
the epistoma; thorax with three black lines; abdomen nearly fusiform,
a little longer than the thorax, with three black spots on each
segment, legs black, femora towards the tips and tibiæ tawny; wings
grey; discal transverse vein parted by about twice its length from the
præbrachial transverse, and by about its length from the border; alulæ
white; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the
wings 5 lines.
Subfam. HELOMYZIDES, _Fallen_.
Gen. XARNUTA, _Walk._
156. XARNUTA LEUCOTELUS, _Walk._ See Vol. I. p. 28.
Gen. CORDYLURA, _Fallen_.
157. CORDYLURA BISIGNATA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, vix nitens, antennis
breviusculis, arista pubescente, abdomine cylindrico maculis duabus
lateralibus albis, pedibus non spinosis, alis obscure cinereis, alulis
albis.
_Male._ Black, hardly shining; head white behind, testaceous towards
the epistoma; antennæ not near reaching the epistoma. 3rd joint
linear, rounded, at the tip, full twice the length of the second;
arista pubescent; abdomen cylindrical, a little longer than the
thorax, with a white spot on each side in the middle; legs unarmed,
moderately long; wings dark grey; veins black; discal transverse vein
straight, upright, parted by a little less than its length from the
border, and by full twice its length from the præbrachial transverse;
alulæ white. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3-1/2 lines.
Gen. HELOMYZA, _Fallen_.
158. HELOMYZA OBSERVANS, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, antennarum articulo 3°
conico brevi, arista plumosa, abdomine guttis quatuor dorsalibus
nonnullisque ventralibus nigris, segmentis albido marginatis, alis
subcinereis.
_Male._ Tawny, with a few black bristles; antennæ short, 3rd joint
conical, less than twice the length of the 2nd; arista plumose;
abdomen conical, not longer than the thorax, hind borders of the
segments whitish, fourth segment with a black dot, fifth segment with
three black dots, some black dots along each side beneath; wings
greyish; veins black, testaceous at the base; discal transverse vein
straight, upright, parted by full half its length from the border, and
by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of
the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
159. HELOMYZA TRIPUNCTIFERA, n. s. _Foem._ Fulva, antennarum articulo
3° conico, arista plumosa, abdomine fasciis pallidis guttaque apicali
atra, alis cinereis antice subluridis.
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