. Diptera Nematocera (excluding Chironomidæ and Culicidæ). Diptera. 418 TIPULIDiE. clastic overthrowing of names established in some cases I'oi- nearly a century, indulged in by some present day writers, has spared a well-known genus here and there. Table of Species. 1. Larger species, 6^ millim ferrwjinosa, sp. n., p. 418. Smaller species, 4 millim 2. 2, Pale yellow species tmicolor, sp. n., p. 419. Darker species inconspicua, sp. n., p. 419, 303. Khamphidia ferruginosa, sp. nov. (PI. YIII, fig. 8 ; PI. XI, fig. 11.) J. Head, with neck, brownish yellow, slightly pubescent ; eyes nearly cont
. Diptera Nematocera (excluding Chironomidæ and Culicidæ). Diptera. 418 TIPULIDiE. clastic overthrowing of names established in some cases I'oi- nearly a century, indulged in by some present day writers, has spared a well-known genus here and there. Table of Species. 1. Larger species, 6^ millim ferrwjinosa, sp. n., p. 418. Smaller species, 4 millim 2. 2, Pale yellow species tmicolor, sp. n., p. 419. Darker species inconspicua, sp. n., p. 419, 303. Khamphidia ferruginosa, sp. nov. (PI. YIII, fig. 8 ; PI. XI, fig. 11.) J. Head, with neck, brownish yellow, slightly pubescent ; eyes nearly contiguous. Proboscis brownish yellow ; palpi darker, comparatively narrow. Auteunse brownish yellow, with a row of bristly hairs on the 2nd scapal joint, which is rather large, and with normal pubes- cence on the tlagellum. Thorax: dorsum and sides, scutellum and metanotum ferruginous brown, nearly bare, mode- rately shining; traces of a very narrow bright yellow line below the margin of the dorsum anteriorly. Abdomen dark Fig. 4\.-Elmnphuha Ja- ^ -^^ jj j .^ .^ . ruqinosa, Brun., lateral " in <â â â¢' r^ -i. ^^ view of head, cence; belly terrugnious. Grenitalia yellowish brown, only a large pair of claspers terminating in black hooks being perceptible. Legs yellowish brown. Wings clear. The 1st longitudinal vein ending gradually in the costa at about two-thirds the length of the wing; auxiliary vein lying very close to the 1st vein, and only perceptible towards its tip, it being nearly as long as the 1st longitudinal; prEefurca nearly straight, the remainder of the vein taking a wide sweep upward, distinctly curved, a little longer than the prae- furca, ending some distance beyond the tip of the 1st vein; the 3rd vein originating at the tip of the praefurca, its basal portion almost punctiform ; anterior cross-vein moderately long; discal cell oblong, the three veinlets issuing equidistantly from it, nearly' straight, approximately parallel; posterior cross-vein a
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