. Monographs of the Diptera of North America [microform] / prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by R. Osten Sacken. Diptera; Insects; Diptères; Insectes. LIMNOIMIILA. 205 foniiiv of tlio male as long or a littU; I()n,trer than the body, slemU'r, lilirunii ; two l»asal joints sliort, tlio lollowiiig eluiigatvd, cyiin- (Irinil, of nearly t(iual longtli, flollicd wilb soft, eroct liairs; the tliinl iuid fourth joints havo a small spine on tho under side, at (hf tip; anconnie of tho female setaceous, not reaehing nmeh licvdiid the basis of the wing; joints eylindrieal, clothed with spiiise h
. Monographs of the Diptera of North America [microform] / prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by R. Osten Sacken. Diptera; Insects; Diptères; Insectes. LIMNOIMIILA. 205 foniiiv of tlio male as long or a littU; I()n,trer than the body, slemU'r, lilirunii ; two l»asal joints sliort, tlio lollowiiig eluiigatvd, cyiin- (Irinil, of nearly t(iual longtli, flollicd wilb soft, eroct liairs; the tliinl iuid fourth joints havo a small spine on tho under side, at (hf tip; anconnie of tho female setaceous, not reaehing nmeh licvdiid the basis of the wing; joints eylindrieal, clothed with spiiise hairs ; palpi unusually long, longer than the head ; last joint elongated. Thorax black, shining; pleurtu slightly hoary; lialteres pale yelh»\v, the knob sometimes infuscated ; feet dark tau iiy; coxic and basis of femora paler; tips of the femora, of thf !il)ia', and of tlie tarsi brown. Abdomen black; three or four intermediate segments with i)ale ferruginous spots at tho Inisis (more distinct in living specimens) ; genitals ferruginous- yellow. Wings hyaline, spotted with Ijrown; a >pot at the inner cud of the basal cells; a large square one, betwcfu the first and fifth longitudinal veins, the origin of the pnefurca ; a tiiird one Ix'twecu the costa and the discal cell ; the tip of the wing, as well as the cross-veins, is clouded ; petiole of tiie first snl)- iiiaruinul cell very .short, sometimes almost obsolete ; the scjond .Miliiiiarginal very little longer than the first ])ost<'rior cell; the iiiariiiiial cross-vein is close at the tip of the first longitudinal vein. //'///. United States; not common. I founil male specimens arallel ; the outer one is slender and pointed ; the inner one short, stout, with the point turned u))wards. (Aljout the suiigeiiiis La.^io- 'lij; compare p. li)9.) N- H.âSay commits a mistake when he compares the venation ti> -Meig. I, Tab. V, fig. 7. Wiedemann quoti's correctly Meig. J, Tall. VI, fig. 3. 2. 1j. uilica
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