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Wings with a strong- brownish suffusion ; darker brown clouds as 

 follows : at the origin of Its, along the cord, at the stigma ; smaller 

 markings at the outer end of cell 1st M., and at the forks- of -B. 2 + 3 

 aiid 3/j+o. Venation : similar to L. fruyi. but r closer to the tip of 

 i', ; deflection of J? 4 -t- : , almost in alignment with r-m \ petiole of cell 

 A/! shorter ; basal deflection of Cu } beyond mid-length of cell 1st M.,. 



Abdomen dirty yellow, more brownish along the lateral margins of 

 the segments. Ovipositor rusty, very long and slender. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, ? , Oudebosch, Caledon, Cape Colony, altitude 1500 ft., 

 January, 1919 (K. H. Barnard). 



Type in the South African Museum. 



L. medialis is similar to L. spertabilis, but is much smaller, Sc ending 

 opposite the fork of the very long sector, the wings brown, with a 

 pattern that is darker but not nearly so extensive as in L. spedakilis. 



LlMNOPHILA NATALENSIS, Sp. 11. 



Coloration light yellowish-brown, the thoracic stripes indistinct ; 

 abdomen of the male with a black ring on segment 8 ; wings pale 

 brown ; r at the tip of J?j ; cell 3f, deep ; basal deflection of C I M I beyond 

 mid-length of cell 1st N.,. 



Male. Length 6'3 mm.; wing 7 - 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae moderately elongated, 

 dark brown, the scapal segments light brown ; flagellar segments 

 elongate-oval. Head brown. 



Thorax light yellowish-brown, the usual three praescutal stripes 

 indistinct. Pleura dull brownish-yellow. Halteres light brow r u, the 

 knobs darker. Legs with the coxae and trochanters dull yellow ; 

 femora yellowish-brown ; tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Wings evenly 

 .suffused with pale brown ; stigma indistinct, slightly darker brown ; 

 veins dark brown. Venation (Plate III, tig. 6) : 8c extending to 

 beyond the end of the sector ; r at the tip of jRj and inserted at about 

 mid-length of R. 2 Its moderately elongated, arcuated at origin ; -K 2 + :i 

 long, arcuated ; cell M" t deep, more than twice the length of its petiole ; 

 cell 1st IT, long ; basal deflection of Oi^ at about two-thirds the length 

 of cell 1st M*. 



Abdominal tergites dull brownish-yellow, the lateral margins brown ; 

 a black subtermiual ring ; sternites dull testaceous yellow, the eighth 

 segment black ; hypopygium yellow. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, <j\ Maritzburg, Natal, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 



Paratopotype, . 



