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Pleura dull yellow, the mesopleura more brownish, darkest, almost 

 purple, near the dorsal portion of the mesepimeron. Legs with the 

 coxae dull yellow ; trochanters a little darker ; remainder of the legs 

 broken. Halteres pale, the elongate knobs dark brown. Wings with 

 a slight yellowish tinge ; stigma small, elongate-oval, pale brown ; 

 veins dark brown, with long setae. Venation : Sc l ending opposite 

 about two-thirds the length of R : , + ., ; Rs about three-fourths as long 

 as Ko +;i , only moderately elongated, unspurred at origin; basal 

 deflection of R 5 arising from R a short distance beyond the forking 

 of the sector ; cell 1st M 2 rather small, about as long as Rs, M in 

 direct alignment with M l+z ; deflection of -M". 5+t about one-half 

 longer than r-m ; in inserted between veins M* and M ; m-cu distinct ; 

 no indication of the second anal vein. 



Abdomen conspicuously ringed Avith brown and dull yellow, the 

 tergites with the apical third brown, the sternites with the posterior 

 brown margins much narrower. Segments 8 and 9, including the 

 hypopygium, brown. Male hypopygium as described under the generic 

 characterisation. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



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

 January, 1919 (K. H. Barnard). Type in the South African Museum. 



Paratype, <$ Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Cape Colony, altitude 

 3000 ft., March, 1919 (K. H. Barnard). 



This species is dedicated to the collector, Mr. Keppel H. Barnard. 



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