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and spines on bind tibiae are present. Antennae witb tbe first two 

 joints sbort, tbe tbird broad at base, tbe last four divisions very 

 sniall. Face convex,.furrowed in tbe middle. Palpi broad at base, 

 ending in a long point. Proboscis aboiit a tbird tbe lengtb of tbe 

 whole insect. Forebead sbining witb no calli. Wings clcar witb 

 tbe usual neuration, all posterior cells widely open, tbe anal cell 

 closed at border. 



Metoponaplos parva [Pangonia] Walker. List Dipt. Pt. I, 

 p. 145 (1848) [Pangonia directa Walker, Dipt. Saund, p. 21 (1850)]. 

 Botb tbe Walker types are from tbe Cape of Good Hope, in tbe 

 Brit. Mus.'^Coll. 



Tbere is also a female in tbe same coUection from Saldanba 

 Bay, Cape Colony, Oct. 1892 (Pele la Garde) 96, 2. 



In tbe German Ent. Coli, are two females from ü'okiep, 

 Namaqualand; a female from Jackais Water, Bushmanland 

 (Ligbtfoot) ; a female from Hex River, Cape Colony, Oct. 1899. 



A small blackish species witb yellow markings on tbe abdomen. 

 Forebead broad, sbining, Antennae, palpi and legs blackisb. Wings 

 grey, lengtb 9 — 10 miU. 



Face black, convex, but furrowed in tbe middle, clotbed 

 sparselywith long yellowish hairs, cheeks coveredwith grey tomen- 

 tum and witb yellow pubescence. Palpi black, broad at base, 

 ending in a long tapering point, more than a tbird of tbe lengtb of 

 proboscis, wbicb is about as long as tbe bead and tborax combined. 

 Antennae black, situated on a sligbt tubercle covered witb 

 asby grey tomentum, tbe first two joints witb some long black 

 bairs, tbe first Joint cylindrical, tbe second small and round, half 

 tbe lengtb of tbe first Joint; tbe tbird Joint witb fiv^e divisions, 

 tbe first one broad and large, no tooth, but witb rounded borders, 

 tbe last divisions very small. Forebead almost parallel, wide, 

 barely one and a half times longer than it is wide, black and sbining, 

 witb grey tomentose borders and a few cattered white hairs; 

 ocelligerous tubercle distinct. Eyes bare. Tborax black and 

 sbining, clotbed witb greyish white pubescence and witb longer 

 hairs at sides. Scutellum black and sbining, witb yellowish hairs 

 on its posterior border. Abdomen shining black, reddish yehow 

 on sides of tbe first and second Segments, tbe posterior borders 

 from tbe second segment onwards clothed witb fringes of white 

 hairs on their posterior borders, sides witb white bairs. Legs 

 blackish, tibiae reddish yellow on basal two thirds, pubescence 

 pale yellowish on femora, elsewhere blackish. Wings grey, tinged 

 yellow at base, veins reddish yellow. 



A male in tbe Brit. Mus. Coli, from Saldanba Bay, 5. IX. 1912 

 (K. H. Bemard) 1913 and two males in tbe German Ent. Museum 

 Coli, from tbe same locality Sept., 1912, are presumably tbe males 

 of this species, but tbe abdomen is largely reddish yellow, tbe 

 black colour appearing as a broad black stripc on tbe first three 

 Segments, the apex black, witb sbort yellowish hairs on posterior 



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