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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![rross-V('in r-in voiy short oi’ absent, the laiye diseal cell usually just iu eoutaet \\ith hs. /o. .and the two sections ol: h\s subecjual iu length, or tlie second section ol a little shorter. *S'c ending just before middle of Jis ; (Juya just before middle ol diseal cell. Halteres with slender ochreous stem and dai'k brown knob. Wing-length 4 mm. Upolu : Vailima, type 24.v. 1024; Malololelei, 2,000 ft., 2 1 $, 21.iv.1025. xii.1025. One of the males from Malololelei differs from the ty])e ill having the abdomen entirely dark above ; the other has the whole bodv Text-fio. 17.—Ilelius conneclus, sp. n. Wing. discoloimed. The female from Malololelei agrees with the type male in colouring of abdomen. In the colouring of the legs this species is similar to H. niveiiarsis Skuse (Eastern Australia), but the latter is larger and has r-m nearly as long as m-cu. A damaged and immature specimen from Malololelei, 25.ii.1024, perha2)s rejiresents a distinct sjiecies ; the femora ajijiear to be ochreous, with darker tijis, and the tibiae as well as the tarsi wholly white ; this appearance, ho^vever, may jrossibly be due to immaturity. 85. Toxorhina infumata, sp. n. 2. Head ochreous-brown, darker in middle ; front as broad as foim or five facets. (Antennae and mouth-parts missing in case of type.) Thorax with ochreous ground-colour ; lateral j^raescutal stripes, scutal lobes, scutellum and middle of jiostnotum dark brown ; middle praescutal stripe lighter brown. A dark browm jdeural stripe from base of front coxa to base of abdomen, broad in front but fading out behind ; a dark brown mark on lower part of sterno- ])leura. Praescutum moderately ju’oduced. Abdomen dark brown, sternites l)roadly banded with ochreous at base, this colour just a]jpearing at sides of teru'ites. Ovipositor ochreous, valves long and sleiuler. Legs with coxae and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29809071_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
