Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.
- Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
- Date:
- [1928?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tho siibiiiMHis hUofihchina is a small juroiip probably orioinatiiig from New (iiiinea. but includitio- one species found in Formosa and one {Hhipidm bioculata de Meij.) in Sumatra. Tlii'ee s])eeies, two ol wlueli are very similai' to 1). lusitala are known to occur in the New Hebrides. The Hiitish Museum possesses a s])eeimen (too damaycMl foi' description) of another nearly allied species from Suva, Fiji (Fvans). 82. Geranomyia samoana, sp. n. $. Head ])lack. sliglitly prninose ; tlie naiTow front light grey. Antennae and month-parts black, hlagellar segments nearly cylindrical, about twice as long as broad, last few rather shorter. Proboscis distinctly longer than head and thorax together ; palpi with only one distinct segment. Thorax : pronotum, ])raesciitum and sciital lobes dull light brownish ; middle part of scutum, scutellum, postnotum and pleurae shining lighter ochreous ; praescutuni very little arched, much less than in G. unicolor. Abdomen brown above, light ochreous beneath ; cerci moderately long. Legs light brownish, tarsi darker. Wings with a faint brown tinge, veins all dark ; stigma oval, light brown ; faint brown clouds at base of Bs and over cross-veins. Ac ending beyond mid-length of Rs ; Rs more than twice as long as basal section of R^ r, ai^d gently ciu’ved ; Cilia at base of discal cell. Halteres brownish. Wing-length, (3 mm. ; body, 6 mm. ; proboscis, 3 mm. Upolu : Malololelei, type and one other 20.V.1924 ; Vailima, 2 $, 2.ii.l925. This species is very similar to G. rnelanocephala Edw. (Borneo), but differs in its somewhat longer proboscis, clouded base of Rs, etc. 83. Rhlpidia pulcherrima, sp. n. Text-fig. It). $. Head with lilackish integument, upper surface heavily dusted with whitish-grey. Bostrum black, a little shorter than head. Antennae mainly dark, first three or four segments ochreous, especially on under side ; flagellar segments rounded to shortly oval, without distinct necks ; verticils very short- Thorax: pronotum with heavy whitish dustiug, which is continued as a rather narrow stTi])e below margin of mesonotum to wing base. A second pale stripe cro.s.ses pleurae below this, rest of ])leurae being dull dark brown. Mesonotum rich chocolate-brown, scutellum and most of [n'onotum darker ; praescutuni](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
