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
Linnean Society of London
Zoology -- Periodicals
_Enicoptera flava_, Macq. (Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 3, 63), the type of this
genus, inhabits Java, and is closely allied to _E. tortuosa_, and
may be a local variety of the latter species, but differs from the
character and figure. Macquart states that his description was taken
from an apparently immature specimen.
191. _Enicoptera arcuosa_, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, longa, nitens,
pubescens, capite pallide luteo vitta lata biramosa fasciaque antica
nigris, thoracis lineolis duabus maculisque duabus anterioribus
pectorisque lituris duabus nigris, abdomine fusiformi, alis longis
lutescentibus sat angustis apices versus fuscis postice cinereis,
vitta discali albida, fascia exteriore alba antice furcata et arcuata.
_Male._ Tawny, long, shining, minutely pubescent; head pale luteous,
with a broad black stripe which emits an oblique branch on each side
to the eye, and with a black band by the epistoma; antennæ nearly
reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, thrice
the length of the 2nd; arista plumose; thorax with two short black
lines, each with a black spot in front; pectus with a black mark on
each side; abdomen fusiform, longer but hardly narrower than the
thorax; legs long, hardly pubescent; wings long, rather narrow,
somewhat luteous, brown towards the tips, grey along the hind border,
with a short whitish discal stripe which terminates in a white band,
the latter abbreviated hindward and forked in front, the exterior fork
much curved and terminating behind the tip of the wing; veins tawny,
black towards the tips; radial vein slightly undulating opposite
the præbrachial transverse vein; the other veins straight; discal
transverse vein slightly oblique, slightly curved outward, parted by
full one-third of its length from the border, and by nearly twice its
length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of
the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
192. ENICOPTERA? PLAGIFERA, n. s. _Foem._ Testacea, longiuscula,
frontis puncto nigro, facie nigricante-cinerea, palpis nigro
guttatis, antennis luteis, thoracis lineis tribus strigisque duabus
exterioribus, metathorace pectorisque lituris nigris, abdomine
fusiformi fasciis duabus basalibus nigris; alis vitreis longiusculis,
strigis duabus basalibus fasciis duabus plagaque subapicali fuscis.
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