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bristles. Legs without spines on femora, but with minute spieules on 

 tibiae ; pulvilli long. Squamae briefly fringed. Wings with a broad 

 and prominent axillary lobe ; alula of median size, rounded. 



CROCIDIUM POECILOPTEBUM, Loew (1860). 

 Dipt. -Faun. Sudafrikas, p. 195, pi. 11, f. 8. 



A curious fly intermediate between Dischistus and Phthiria, and at 

 once recognisable on account of the peculiar wing pattern. 



A male specimen in my collection, from the Cape, Willowmore, 

 January 15th, 1907 (Dr. Brauus). Another male from Ceres (Cape), 

 Matroosberg, 3500 ft. (R. M. Lightfoot), distinguished on account of 

 its peculiarly spotted, wings. 



The male, hitherto not described, is very like the female. The eyes 

 are united in a line as long as the frontal triangle ; their enlarged 

 upper facets occupy two thirds of the eye and are of a reddish brown 

 colour, while the lower small facetted part is lighter ; the line of 

 division between them is a very conspicuous one. The facial hairs are 

 longer than the 2 basal antennal joints. Frontal triangle white-dusted, 

 as broad as the ocellar one. Pubescence of body and legs distinctly 

 longer than in the female. Genitalia spheroidal, bilobate, greatlv 

 developed, grey-tomentose and white-haired. 



CROCIDIUM NIGRIFACIES, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to unmacnlatus, Bezzi, on account of its unspotted 

 wings, but at once distinguishable by the completely shiny black, more 

 convex face, and by the black tibiae. 



Type <$ , a single specimen from Bulawayo, September, 1911 (H. C. 

 Pead). 



$ . Length of the body 5 - 5 mm. ; of the wing 5 - 5 mm. ; of the 

 proboscis 2'5 mm. Head black, but clothed with dense grey dust on 

 frontal triangle and on cheeks, only the rounded and prominent lower 

 part of face being shining black. Occipital border with greyish hairs ; 

 cheeks and lower part of occiput with long and soft white hairs. 

 Ocellar tubercle prominent, with erect whitish hairs ; eyes rounded, of 

 great size, touching for a space a little longer than the ocellar triangle. 

 Antennae entirely black ; first joint about three times as long as the 

 very short second joint; third joint as long as the two first joints 

 together, narrow, elongate-oval, with a distinct terminal style. Pro- 

 boscis black, gently curved downwards ; palpi long and thin, acute, 

 pilose at the under side. Thorax entirely black, opaque, but clothed. 



