. An account of British flies (Diptera). Diptera -- Great Britain. THE MYCETOPHILID^. i43 Shining black, with a sub-apical brown spot, in front, on its gray wings. Length 3 to i\ lin. Discolaria frequents lime trees. It is a tawny species. The anterior borders of the abdominal segments are brown, and the wings have a reddish-brown tinge. About 2] to 2J, lin. {-discolor). Re- corded from Glanville Wootton and Kingston. Vitripennis is black, covered with hoary tomentum. 1 )ale considers it a var. o{ atrata. dlanville Wootton. Genus Ceroplatus, Box ( Rha^io et Sa'ara, F. I Platyura, Mg. Head smal
. An account of British flies (Diptera). Diptera -- Great Britain. THE MYCETOPHILID^. i43 Shining black, with a sub-apical brown spot, in front, on its gray wings. Length 3 to i\ lin. Discolaria frequents lime trees. It is a tawny species. The anterior borders of the abdominal segments are brown, and the wings have a reddish-brown tinge. About 2] to 2J, lin. {-discolor). Re- corded from Glanville Wootton and Kingston. Vitripennis is black, covered with hoary tomentum. 1 )ale considers it a var. o{ atrata. dlanville Wootton. Genus Ceroplatus, Box ( Rha^io et Sa'ara, F. I Platyura, Mg. Head small. Proboscis short. Antennae i6-jointed; broad and short, dilated; thorax oval. Palpi not bent together as in Platyia-a. Abdomen seven segments. Eyes oval, depressed in the inner sides ; ocelli three, the central one small, nearly in a straight line. Legs longish, tibia with spines and spurs ; femora and tibia; short, rather thick, metatarsi long. Wings minutely hairy, short; often shorter than the Fk;. 29.— Ceroplatus Liiieatiis. A. Palpus. The larv£e(Fig. 14B) of this genus resemble in habits SciopJiihs. larvse, living in webs on the under surface of the pileus of tree fungi. Before the larvae (which are white and slimy) pupate, they leave this web and spin a silken cocoon, near at hand ; the cocoon is truncate at one end, and, according to Wahlberg,* closed with a lid. This observer also noticed the phosphorescent character of the pupae, which even shine through the silken cocoon. Dufour I figures • Acta. Holm. 1838. t Ann. des. Sc. Nat., 2nd series, vol. xi., 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 Theobald, Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent), 1868-1930. London : E. Stock
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