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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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_Male._ Black, slightly shining; pectus with an oblique cinereous
band on each side; abdomen linear, pale beneath, much narrower than
the thorax, and nearly twice its length, hind borders of the segments
whitish; legs black, very long; posterior femora with three testaceous
bands; fore femora at the base, and fore coxæ, testaceous; fore tarsi
white; wings dark grey, blackish grey on each side of a whitish
subapical band; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright,
parted by about half its length from the border, and by more than four
times its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres piceous.
Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
206. CALOBATA IMPINGENS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Obscure cyanea,
antennis rufis abdomine subtus ferrugineo segmentis albo marginatis,
pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque anticis nigris, illis basi
fulvis, femoribus posterioribus nigro trifasciatis, tibiis tarsisque
posterioribus obscure fulvis, tarsis anticis albis basi nigris, alis
cinereis fusco bifasciatis.
_Male and Female._ Dark blue; head white about the eyes; antennæ red;
abdomen lanceolate, ferruginous beneath, narrower and very much longer
than the thorax, hind borders of the segments white; legs tawny, very
long; posterior coxæ and fore tibiæ black; posterior femora with three
black bands; fore femora black, tawny towards the base; posterior tibiæ
and posterior tarsi dark tawny; fore tarsi white, black at the base;
wings grey, with two brown bands, the second apical; veins black;
cubital vein and præbrachial vein converging to the tip of the wing;
discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by much less than its
length from the border, and by more than thrice its length from the
præbrachial transverse. _Var. β:_ Bands of the wings broader and more
complete. Length of the body 4-5 lines; of the wings 7-8 lines.
This species is erroneously recorded as _C. indica_ in Vol. III. p.
124.
207. CALOBATA BIFASCIATA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, longissima, gracillima,
capite litura transversa albida, arista breviuscula basi robusta,
abdominis dimidio antico subclavato fasciis duabus cinereis,
dimidio postico lanceolato, femoribus posticis basi albidis apice
rufescentibus, tarsis anticis albis apice nigris, alis cinereis
nigricante bifasciatis.
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