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narrow subapical white-scaled ring. Tibiae dark scaled, speckled with white. 

 Each segment of hind tarsus with a narrow white-scaled ring at base; segments 

 1 to 3 of fore- and mid-tarsi each with a very narrow white-scaled ring at base, 

 absent on segments 4 and 5. Wing: Scales rather broad, intermixed white and 

 dark-brown to black, the dark scales predominating, not arranged in a particular 

 pattern; fringe entirely dark. 



ADULT MALE. — Coloration similar to that of female, but the ring of probos- 

 cis narrower, as well as the apical white bands of the terminal abdominal 

 segments. TERMINALia (Fig. 84). Ninth tergite (IX-T) with lobes (IXT- 



Fig. 85. Larva of Psorophora pvgmaea (Theobald). A, Terminal 

 segments. B, Pecten tooth. C, Comb scale. D, Head. 



