. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 162 CyRTIDiE. the rest of the tarsus) pale yellow. Whu/s barely as long as abdomen, rather broad, tip rounded, pale grey ; costal vein very distinct, ending at tip of lower branch of 3rd vein, immediately before the extreme tip of the wing; auxiliary (subcostal) and 1st longitudinal veins thick, the former ending at about two-thirds of the wing, the latter a little beyond it, both neai'ly straight, distinctly separate (though approximate) fi'om just beyond the humeral cross-vein; the 2nd and 3rd longitudinals with the anterior ci'oss-vein have the apj^earance
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 162 CyRTIDiE. the rest of the tarsus) pale yellow. Whu/s barely as long as abdomen, rather broad, tip rounded, pale grey ; costal vein very distinct, ending at tip of lower branch of 3rd vein, immediately before the extreme tip of the wing; auxiliary (subcostal) and 1st longitudinal veins thick, the former ending at about two-thirds of the wing, the latter a little beyond it, both neai'ly straight, distinctly separate (though approximate) fi'om just beyond the humeral cross-vein; the 2nd and 3rd longitudinals with the anterior ci'oss-vein have the apj^earance of springing from a common stem (or else the 3rd longitudinal and the anterior cross- vein spring simultaneously from the 2nd vein at a little beyond its base); 2nd vein nearly straight, but curved upward at its tip, to thecosta; 3rd vein nearly straight, and in a straight line with the praeFurca, forking widely towards its tip, and becoming suddenly much thinner, both branches ending in the costa distinctly before the wing-tip; anterior cross-vein short, near base of discal cell; 4th longitudinal vein forking just before anterior cross-vein ; upper branch nearly straight for more than half its length, thence with a slight curve, forked, the upper. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brunetti, Enrico. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc. , etc. ]
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