The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 (1892)Various
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The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 (1892)
Various
Natural history -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
7. Face and cheeks black in ground-color _magnus_, n. sp.
Face and cheeks yellow _inornatus_, n. sp.
1. =Conops magnus, n. sp.=
FEMALE. Front black, shining, the vertical callosity somewhat
reddish. Face and cheeks yellowish brown, the orbits silvery pollinose.
Antennae brownish black; second and third joints subequal, first
joint about two-thirds the length of the second; third joint of the
style with a long bristly extremity. Thorax shining black; pleurae
lightly whitish pollinose. Abdomen deep black, opaque; lightly whitish
pollinose posteriorly; ventral process of the fifth segment large.
Wings deep brown in front, extending through the two basal cells, and
the basal part of the discal cell; outer part of the first posterior
cell subhyaline, as also behind the streak corresponding to the
spurious vein of the Syrphidae. Legs black; base of the femora, of the
tibiae, and of the tarsi, somewhat yellowish.
Length 21-24 millimeters. Six specimens, Chapada, H. H. Smith.
2. =Conops grandis, n. sp.=
FEMALE. Front black, the lower margin of the vertical
callosity reddish; just below the callosity opaque, elsewhere shining.
Antennae black; the second and third joints of nearly equal length; the
first joint about two-thirds the length of the second joint; style with
a long bristly extremity. Face and cheeks light yellow, the orbital
margins of the former silvery or light golden pollinose. Thorax black,
the mesonotum shining, the pleurae lightly whitish pollinose. Abdomen
deep black; posteriorly lightly pollinose. Wings brown in front;
first posterior cell and the space behind the streak corresponding to
the spurious vein of the Syrphidae in the first posterior cell, pure
hyaline; outer part of the first posterior cell subhyaline; a brown
streak in front of the fifth vein. Legs black; the tibiae and basal
joints of the tarsi in large part reddish or yellowish; pulvilli light
yellow; ventral process of the fifth segment extraordinarily large;
seventh segment as long as the three preceding together.
MALE. Abdomen in ground-color black, either wholly so, or more
or less, or rarely entirely, red; the ground color, save at the base,
however, is almost wholly obscured by reddish brown pollen.
Length 19-23 millimeters. Six specimens, Chapada, H. H. Smith.
3. =Conops rufus, n. sp.=
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