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sides, and an ill defined lateral black patch, many short, erect, forked 

 pale scales on nape ; bristles along margins of eyes black, those project- 

 ing between the eyes pale. 



"Prothoracic lobes elliptical, remote dorsally, black, clothed with 

 narrow golden brown scales and dark bristles. Mesonotum black, evenly 

 clothed with narrow, curved scales, bright bronzy brown, an indistinct, 

 slightly darker median stripe of smaller scales, scales over antescutel- 

 lar space yellowish white. Scutellum trilobate, black, clothed with nar- 

 row, curved, yellowish white scales, each lobe with a group of pale 

 bristles. Postnotum elliptical, prominent, blackish, nude. Pleurae 

 brown, coxae luteous, with rows of pale bristles ; clothed with patches 

 of elliptical flat white scales, the prothoracic epimera with narrow 

 curved bronzy brown scales like those on mesonotum. 



"Abdomen subcylindrical, tapering posteriorly; dorsal vestiture 

 black, with moderate, white, basal segmental bands, broader poste- 

 riorly, which widen to triangular patches on the sides ; first segment 

 with white scales and numerous fine pale hairs ; venter whitish scaled, 

 the last two or three segments with black, apical lateral patches. Cerci 

 black. 



"Wings moderate, hyaline; petiole of second marginal cell shorter 

 than its cell, that of second posterior cell about the same length as its 

 cell ; basal cross-vein distant about its own length from anterior cross- 

 vein ; scales dull brown, the outstanding ones broadly linear. Halteres 

 whitish, knobs dark. 



"Legs moderate; femora yellowish white scaled below with black 

 ones above and a black ring before tip ; knees white ; tibiae largely pale 

 scaled below, black above, tips black ; tarsi black scaled, the basal joint 

 with many pale scales beneath becoming fewer outwardly, terminal 

 joints entirely black. Claw formula, 1.1-1.1-1.1. 

 "Length: Body about 4,5 mm., wing 4 mm. 



"Male. Proboscis long and slender, straight, black scaled. Palpi 

 nearly as long as proboscis, blunt at tip ; end of long joint and last two 

 joints somewhat swollen ; vestiture black ; hairs on the end of long joint 

 and on last two joints long, dense, black with a yellowish reflection in 

 certain lights. Antennae plumose, the last two joints long and slender, 

 pilose, the others short, blackish ; hairs of whorls long, dense brownish 

 black with yellow luster. Coloration similar to the female. Wings nar- 

 rower than in the female, stems of the fork-cells longer, vestiture less 

 abundant. Abdomen elongate, depressed, with dense, long and pale 

 lateral ciliation; dorsal white segmental bands broader and more ex- 



