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first two joints, which are almost bare, with very short black 
pubescence ; third joint cylindrical, a little longer than the first. 
with a reddish and rather short arista, which is not thickened ; 
second joint half as long as the first. Thorax and_ scutellum 
entirely black, and dull owing to being densely and coarsely punctate ; 
the thorax is bare or has only a hardly visible black pubescence, 
while only the upper side of the sternopleura i is whitish pollinose ; 
metanotum shining black; hind part of meso-, ptero-, and metapleur: 
smooth, not punctate, dull, with some faint furrows. Scutellum 
semicircular, rather small, like the thorax, with trace of a middle 
longitudinal furrow. Abdomen conical, broader than the thorax at 
the base and similarly punctate, dull, bare, with very short black 
yubeseence ; fourth segment one and a halle times as long as the 
third, fifth half as lone as the fourth, reddish on the hind border 

Fig. 23.—Microdon erythrocephalus, sp.n., Q. X 3. 
towards the middie; third, fourth, and fifth segment with two 
oblique stripes of white dust on each side, the outer being more 
distinct. Belly black; ovipositor reddish. Legs bare, with short 
yellowish pubescence on the tibie, entirely red, except coxie and 
hind trochanters, which are black, and front and hind tarsi, which 
are somewhat infuscated ; first joint of hind tarsi not swollen. 
Wings broad, blackish, with purplish reflexions, but with grey 
patches aa the middle of the cells of the posterior half, only 
black borders to the veins being sometimes present ; subapical cross- 
vein strongly recurrent ; stump on the third vein very long, sub- 
apical and ice al cells with very much rounded lower outer corners, 
each of which is sometimes provided with a short stump. 
Type 2, from Kasai near Kampala, Uganda, 30. vit. 1911 
(S. A. Neare): another specimen from Western Ankole, Uganda. 
4,500-5 ips ft., “open short grass country, with some bush,” 
10-11. x. L911 (same collector). 
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