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dark scaled; 4th tarsal segment of hind leg (Fig. 78 A) white, at least on one 

 side, other segments dark. Wing : Scales dark, narrow. . 



ADULT MALE. — Coloration similar to that of female. TERMINAlia (Fig. 

 78B). Ninth tergite (IX-T) with lobes (IXT-L) broadly rounded, bearing 

 scattered setae. Tenth sternite (X-S) prominent, heavily sclerotized. Phallo- 

 some (Ph) heavily sclerotized, conical, broad at base and pointed apically, 

 open ventrally, closed dorsally. Claspette (CI) nearly straight, narrow, flattened 

 dorso-ventrally, about four-fifths as long as basistyle; inner surface at tip bear- 

 ing a single strong down-curved claw-like appendage; inner margin near middle 

 of stem with a pair of long smooth setae, followed by a few smaller setae, some 

 of which are feathered. Basistyle (Bs) nearly two and one-half times as long as 

 broad, cylindrical, bluntly rounded at apex, clothed with sparse scales and 

 numerous long setae; basal and apical lobes absent. Dististyle (Ds) nearly as 

 long as claspette, narrow basally, expanded beyond basal third, constricted 

 somewhat at apical sixth, broadly truncate at apex; claw (Ds-C) short, peg- 

 like, inserted on inner margin of dististyle immediately preceding apical con- 

 striction. 



Fig. 78. Psorophora varipes (Coquillett). A, Hind tarsus. 

 B, Male terminalia. C, Scutum and scutellum. 



