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8. Stilobezsia (Neostilobezzia) subnebulosa Das Gupta and Wirth, 



new species 



Figures 33, 48 



Female. — Length of wing 1.41 mm; breadth 0.55 mm. 



Head: Eyes (fig. 48a) narrowly separated; head, palpi, and antennae 

 brown, broad bases of V-X pale; vertex with 11 hairs. Antenna (fig. 

 33) with lengths of III-XV as 11-8-8-9-9-11-12-12-15-16-16-18-23; 

 AR 1.10. Palpal segments as 5-17-20-12-17; III short and slightly 

 broadened, with numerous long dark bristles and bearing a subapical 

 sensory pit. Mandible with 6-7 teeth. 



Thorax (fig. 486) : Brownish, without distinct pattern but indis- 

 tinctly paler variegated; scutum with anterior tubercle prominent, 

 3-4 hairs around base of tubercle; scutellum with 4 large bristles and 

 0-4 small admedian setae. 



Legs: Yellowish brown with moderately prominent broad dark 

 brown bands as figured (fig. 48c); trochanters, distal halves of coxae, 

 and basal half of hind tarsomere I dark brown; femora and tibiae 

 with fine hairs except extensor row of 10 long bristles on hind tibia, 

 the distal 5 stouter; basal spine of hind tarsomere I stout, slightly 

 longer than thickness of segment; V without batonnets; IV with 2 



-Cfc 



Figure 48. — Stilobezzia subnebulosa, new species (9 )• a, frontovertex; b, thorax; c, femora- 

 tibiae; d, wing; e, abdominal terga I-IV; /, spermathecae; g, 9 genitalia. 



