. Diptera from the Philippine Islands. Diptera -- Phillipine Islands. 220 C JR. Osten Sacken: Diptera The name Xenaspis alludes to the unusual shape of the scu- tellum, I am in doubt about the relationship of this genus. The shape of the scutellum and the smallness of the second basal and anal cells are very peculiar characters. Fig. Xenaspis polistes. Xenaspis polistes n. sp. $5. General coloring hroivnish- yellow, with some brown markings on head and thorax and a longitudhial brown stripe on the abdomen; wings ivith a pale yellowish-brown tinge, 7nore saturate on the anterior side. Lengt
. Diptera from the Philippine Islands. Diptera -- Phillipine Islands. 220 C JR. Osten Sacken: Diptera The name Xenaspis alludes to the unusual shape of the scu- tellum, I am in doubt about the relationship of this genus. The shape of the scutellum and the smallness of the second basal and anal cells are very peculiar characters. Fig. Xenaspis polistes. Xenaspis polistes n. sp. $5. General coloring hroivnish- yellow, with some brown markings on head and thorax and a longitudhial brown stripe on the abdomen; wings ivith a pale yellowish-brown tinge, 7nore saturate on the anterior side. Length: 12—14 mm. Head reddish-yellow; a more or less well-marked brown stripe in the middle of the face, does not reach the base of the antennae; bottom of antennal furrows brown; an ill-defined subtriangular brown spot on the front, above the yellowish lunule; a brownish shade on each side of the ocelli; antennae reddish-yellow; palpi brown, reddish at tip. Thoracic dorsum clothed with a short and dense golden pubescence; brown markings, in the shape stripes, are more or less distinct in different specimens; scutellum yellow. Abdomen densely clothed with a golden-yellow pubescence, with an irregular black longitudinal stripe in the middle and more or less distinct lateral stripes of the same color. Coxae brownish; femora reddish-yellow, usually with a brown spot on the underside of the distal half: tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown, the former with some irregular dark-brown lines and marks. Halteres reddish. Wings with a pale brownish tinge, more saturate yellowish between the costa and the fourth vein, darker brownish on the distal half, especially along the third vein. — Two males and five females. N a u p 0 cl a. 0, Sacken, Bull. Soc. Entom. Fr. 10. Aug. 1881. Naupoda is a curious little fly, especially distinguished by its broad and short stature, its flattened head and large development of its basal cells; the second basal cell reaches the middle of the wing and thus crowds
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