O/i flte fiomlii/fHJ Fa/uiu <;/ <SW/// Afrirx (J)ijift'ra). 113 



LOMATIA ACUTANGULA, LoeW (1860). 



Dipteren-Fauua Siid-Afrikas, p. 203, pi. ii, fig. 10. 



A species very distinct from any other on account of its slender 

 body and of the very long and narrow wings, which have besides a 

 peculiar venation. 



Originally described fi-om Caffraria, and subsequently recorded 

 from Pi-etoria (Transvaal), there are in the collection some specimens 

 from M'Fougosi, Zululand, February and December (W. E. Jones). 



In the present species the middle femora have 2 strong spines in the 

 middle of the fore side, and the hind femora 3-4 spines below. The 

 hitherto unclescribed male is very like the female ; the eyes ai'e 

 more approximate but always more distinct than in the allied species ; 

 the ocellar tubercle is curiously shaped, with a prominent border 

 behind. 



LOMATIA LONGITUDINALIS, Loew (1860). 

 Dipteren- Fauna Siid-Afrikas, p. 204, pi. ii, fig. 11. 



A gigantic species, very different from any other by having wholly 

 yellow legs. Originally described from Caffraria, there is a male 

 specimen from Berg River (Cape). 



Middle femora with 4, hind femora with 8-9 spines. 



LOMATIA LITURATA, Loew (1860). 

 Dipteren-Fauna Siid-Afrikas, p. 205, pi. ii, fig. 13. 



A species distinguished by the yellowish tibiae and by the peculiar, 

 often less pronounced coloration of the wings. Described from the 

 Cape, and recorded with a doubt from Barber-ton (Transvaal), there are 

 a couple of specimens from Potchefstroom (Transvaal) (T. Ay res). 



Middle femora with 5-6, hind femora with 7-8 spines. 



LOMATIA PICTIPENNIS, Wiedemann (1828). 



Loew's Dipteren-Fauna Siid-Afrikas, pi. ii, fig. 12. 



A well-known species, easily recognisable by the black legs and the 

 very variegated yellow and brown wings. 



Common in South Africa; M'Fongosi, Zululand, December, 1911 

 (W. E. Jones) ; I have received it also from Grahamstown, March, 

 1909 (Miss Dale). 



Middle femora with 3, hind femora with 5-6 spines. 

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