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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
7. TIPULA INFINDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Fusca, capite apud oculos subtusque
cinereo, antennis basi testaceis thorace brevioribus, thorace
vittis quatuor ochraceis, abdominis apice ochraceo, pedibus fulvis
longissimis, femoribus apice fuscis, alis cinereis apud costam luridis.
_Female._ Brown. Head cinereous about the eyes and beneath. Antennæ
setaceous, submoniliform, testaceous at the base, shorter than the
thorax. Thorax with a slight cinereous tinge, and with four dull
ochraceous stripes. Abdomen ochraceous at the tip. Legs tawny,
slender, very long; tips of the femora brown. Wings cinereous, lurid
along the costa to the stigma, which is brown; veins black, tawny at
the base. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines.
8. TIPULA INORDINANS, n.s. _Mas._ Fusca, capite pallide cinereo vitta
fusca, antennis testaceis thorace valde longioribus, articulis basi
nigris nodosis setigeris thorace vittis quatuor pallide cinereis,
abdominis lateribus ventreque testaceis, segmentis basi nigro postice
albomarginatis, pedibus nigris longissimis, femoribus dimidio basali
testaceis apices versus albo fasciatis, tibiis albo fasciatis,
tarsis albo _bifasciatis,_ alis hyalinis striga costali subapicali
nigricante, venis transversis nigro nebulosis.
_Male._ Brown. Head pale cinereous, with a brown stripe. Antennæ
testaceous, slightly setaceous, much longer than the thorax; joints at
the base black, nodose, setigerous. Thorax with four pale cinereous
stripes; pectus pale cinereous. Abdomen testaceous beneath _and_
along each side, thickened towards the tip; segments whitish _at_ the
_base,_ black along the hind borders. Legs black, slender, very long;
femora testaceous for half the length from the base, with a white
subapical band; tibiæ with a white band beyond the middle; tarsi with
two broad white bands. Wings hyaline, with a blackish costal subapical
streak; veins and stigma black, the latter small; transverse veins and
forked subapical vein clouded with black; veins testaceous. Length of
the body 9 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Gen. CTENOPHORA, _Fabr._
9. CTENOPHORA INCUNCTANS, n.s. _Mas._ Atra, capite thoraceque læte
ochraceis, antennarum ramis longis æqualibus subpilosis, abdomine basi
ochraceo. _Foem._ Thoracis disco saturate ochraceo. _Var. β._ Capite
thoraceque saturate ochraceis, alis albido strigatis et guttatis.
Deep black. _Male._ Head and thorax bright ochraceous. Antennæ with
long equal slightly pilose branches. Abdomen ochraceous at the base.
_Female._ Disc of the thorax deep ochraceous. _Var._ Head and thorax
deep ochraceous. Wings with five whitish streaks and two exterior
elongated whitish dots. Length of the body 8-10 lines; of the wings
18-22 lines.
10. CTENOPHORA GAUDENS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Læte ochracea, abdomine
apicem versus nigro, pedibus nigris, femoribus ochraceis apice nigris,
tibiis fascia basali candida, alis nigricantibus _basi_ ochraceis,
fascia exteriore albida.
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