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white with basal portion brown scaled, aedeagal prongs not exceeding 

 side pieces; see figure for details. 



Female. — Head red-brown; eyes orange-brown; postocular ridge 

 narrow; frons broad, swollen, with a median depression extending 

 between antennae and median ocellus, with scattered hairs; genal 

 areas to back of head yellow; other areas covered with golden scales. 

 Ocellar tubercle covered with golden scales, set off from frontal area; 

 ocelli red-brown. Antenna as in male. 



Thorax as in male. 



Abdomen red-brown covered with tan scales segments three to 

 five with posterior bands of white remainder without, eighth segment 

 orange-red, subshining, elongate; sternum longer than tergum, coming 

 to a point; ninth tergum with three stiff spines and a few hairs; see 

 figure for details. 



Figure 184. — Propebrevitrichia turneri, new species, male, female: a, wing; b, d, lateral 

 aspects of male and female heads; c, e, frontal aspects of male and female heads; /, g, 

 enlarged details of male and female antennae; h, i, ventral and lateral aspects of male 

 terminalia; /, ventral left and dorsal right aspect of female 8th and 9th segments; k, 

 lateral aspect of female 8th and 9th segments. 



Length: Male body 2.5 mm., wing 1.8 mm. ; female body 2.8 mm., 

 wing 1.9 mm. 



Type-locality: Mossel Bay, s. Cape Prov., [Republic of] South 

 Africa; 4 December 1938 (R. E. Turner). 



Holotype: Male (BMNH). 



Allotype: Female Mossel Bay, s. Cape Prov., [Republic of] South 

 Africa; 20 October 1938 (R. E. Turner). 



