Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca

by Alfred Russel Wallace

3. Culex fuscanus, Wied. Auss. Zweifl. i. 6. 9.

Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan.

4. Culex annulipes, n. s., fœm. Obscurè fuscus, thoracis abdominisque lateribus albo-punctatis, pedibus albo-cinctis, alis sublimpidis venis fusco-ciliatis.

Female. Dark brown. Sides of the thorax and of the abdomen with minute white dots. Legs with numerous white bands. Wings nearly limpid; veins brown, ciliated. Length of the body 2½ lines; of the wings 4 lines.

Singapore. (Jungle.)

Fam. TIPULIDÆ

Gen. Limnobia, Meigen.

Div. I. Meig. Zweifl. i. 131. pl. 5. f. 5.

5. Limnobia leucotelus, n. s., mas. Atra, alis nigricantibus, maculâ discali limpidâ, margine postico subcinereo, apice albo.

Male. Deep black. Wings blackish, with a discal limpid spot; posterior border slightly greyish for rather more than half the length from the base; tips white. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines.