TEN NEW AFRICAN HAEMATOPOTA. 15T 



Wings evenly darkened ; no darker clouds over the cross-veins ; stigma incon- 

 spicuous. Squamae with a pale margin. Halteres either entirely yellowish or with? 

 the base of the knob slightly darkened. 



(^ (if correctly associated with $), Antennae more slender ; first joint somewhat 

 shorter and not very much paler on the inner side than on the outer. Hair everywhere 

 rather longer. Front and hind femora blackish brown. All the tibiae blackish at the- 

 base, the hind pair with much longer and denser hair and with the second pale ring 

 more distinct. Apical pale mark on wing broader, and hind margin of wing with more- 

 conspicuous pale markings. 



Length, 10 mm. ; wing-length, 8 mm. ; width of head, 3'5 mm. ; width of front 

 at vertex, 0"8 mm. 



Nyasaland: Mpanda Mt., N. Nyasa, 20.xi.09 (Dr. J. B. Davey), 1 (^ 8$; 

 forest on plateau near Mweynia, 18. xi. 1909 {Dr. J. B. Davey), 1 $. 



In coloration H. rabida is not at all unUke H. torquens, Aust., and H. malejica, Aust.,. 

 but it differs very obviously from both in the characters of the antennae and the frontal 

 callus. The coloration of the first antennal joint is most unusual. 



Haematopota furians, sp. nov. (PI. II, fig. 9). 



$. Head (fig. 9) : Jowls rather dark grey ; clypeus light brown, also upper part 

 of face at sides ; a dark brown patch on each side of the antennae. Front light browu 

 more or less mottled with slightly darker brown, with short black hair ; median spot 

 absent ; lateral spots rather small, round, not quite touching the eyes and ^^^thout. 



Fig. 9. Haematopota furians, Edw., sp. n. 



pale borders. Frontal callus broad, nearly smooth, shining dark brown, not touching 

 the eyes, its upper margin produced to a point in the middle. Spot below callus 

 blackish brow^l. Antennae reddish brown, tip of last annulus of third joint black ; 

 first joint dull, very short, considerably swollen, less than twice as long as its greatest 

 breadth. Palpi brownish, clothed vdih. black hair. 



