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7 or 8 nearly straight lonj 



hairs on upper side and 4 or 5 on lower 

 side, with some ver}- 

 minute additional 

 ones on basal half 

 (both above and 

 below). Buccal 



opening blackish , 

 with a row of strong 

 spiny bristles each 

 side, the uppermost 

 one lieing the strong- 

 est ; a number of 

 \'ery small bristly 

 hairs on under side 

 of epistome. Palpi 

 blackish gre^' , cy- 

 lindrical, narrowed 

 towards base, with 

 very short irregular 

 bristles. 



Proboscis consist- 

 ing of a sub-conical 

 thickened fleshy 



basal portion, fol- 

 lowed by a subcy- 

 lindrical, chitinous 

 black portion (both 

 portions about equal 

 in length) ; at the 



end of the latter a softer tip bearing 7 black teeth in accordance 



with the generic description. 



plG_ i_ — Proboscis of PrisiirhyncJwmyia lineata: 

 dorsal view of specimen mounted in canada balsam 

 for microscopic examination. 



Fig. 2. — Proboscis of Pristirhynchomyia lineata ; profile view of dried .specimen. 



