Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland . Wings. The wings are clear, and the veins palebrownish-yellow towards the base. The venation is figuredin fig. 7. The wing is a stouter and broader structurethan that of the house fly. The radial longitudinal nervureR 4 + 5 is nearly straight, as is also R 2-(-3. Macquart (p. 153, pi. 20, fig. 10) states that the nerveof the discoidal cell, , the medial transverse nervurebounding the first medial cell, is almost straight. It is,however, slightly sinuous and approximates that ofM. domestica. The medio-cubital transverse nervure isrelatively l
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland . Wings. The wings are clear, and the veins palebrownish-yellow towards the base. The venation is figuredin fig. 7. The wing is a stouter and broader structurethan that of the house fly. The radial longitudinal nervureR 4 + 5 is nearly straight, as is also R 2-(-3. Macquart (p. 153, pi. 20, fig. 10) states that the nerveof the discoidal cell, , the medial transverse nervurebounding the first medial cell, is almost straight. It is,however, slightly sinuous and approximates that ofM. domestica. The medio-cubital transverse nervure isrelatively long and more inclined than in M. medial cell is somewhat differently shaped as will beseen on comparing figs. 7 and 9. The alula is relativelyslightly larger than in the house fly. 186 MVSCA AVSTIiALIS MACQ., M. VETVSTISSIMA ty dornesTicQ i EXPLANATION OF anus ; accessory gland ; al. alula ; an. anal lobe of wing;as. antisquama; process of anterior spiracle ; clear envelopesurrounding process of anterior spiracle ; conglobate gland ; rim of spiracle ; cu. cubital cell; discal cell ( = first second-medial cell); e. eye ; /. frons ; frontal stripe; M. medial cell;m. medial transverse nervure (posterior cross vein); M l-f2 medianlongitudinal vein (fused first and second); medio-cubital trans-verse nervure; mus. muscle; nurse cell of ovum ; o. ovaryod. oviduct; common oviduct; ovarian follicles ; ocellarplate or tubercle with three ocelli; so-called optic tubercle; ; developing embryo, 5th radical cell; ps. prescutum ;Rl. first radial longitudinal vein ; i? 2-f 3 fused 2nd and 3rd rad. ; R 4+ 5 fused 4th and 5th ; radial median crossvein (discalnervure, anterior transverse vein); S
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