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golden. Frontal stripe ferruginous, with a faint silvery brown. 

 First antennal segment short and black ; second much larger , 

 black, with a ferruginous tinge, and silvery bloom ; third 

 joint about twice the length of the second. Arista dark brown 

 at base, remainder light brown ; strongly plumose for over 

 half its length. Eyes reddish brown. Epistome prominent 

 and silvery. A single row of black bristles behind eyes ; 

 bristles behind these weak and golden, becoming very long 

 below. Cheeks provided with short golden hairs. A row of 

 nine frontal bristles present. Lateral verticals present, but 

 not very large. Four very weak facial bristles, also eight 

 somewhat larger epistomials. 



Thorax somewhat ashy coloured above, tinged with gold. 

 Longitudinal stripes irregular, the middle one alone extending 

 on to the scutellum. Ventral side of thorax grejdsh, with 

 golden areas. Anterior spiracle brown, clothed with golden 

 hairs. 



Of the acrostichals only the prescutellar pair present. 

 Anterior dorsocentrals weak, first posterior weak, second weak, 

 third considerably larger, fourth very large. Three humerals 

 present, of which the lowest is very large, extending beyond 

 the pronotum. Scutellar apicals very large. Anterior intra- 

 alar bristle as large as first anterior dorsocentral. 



Legs dark grey, tinged with silver. Inner side of coxae 

 grey, armed with long reclinate bristles, outer side dark, 

 ferruginous. First femur hairy on ventral side, but not 

 markedly so. Second femur a little hairy proximally, raid- 

 ventral row of bristles developed into a " comb." Third femur 

 strongly hairy. Third tibia very hairy. Pulvilli brown. 



Abdotnen silvery with ordinary dark-grey markings, 

 provided above with short reclinate bristles, below with long 

 hairs. Hypopygium very dark brown, almost black, very 

 hairy. Forceps brown above, black below, hairy, tips bare ; 

 connecting membrane poorly developed. Accessory plates 

 dark brown, provided with long thin hairs. Claspers shiny 

 black. 



The penis is of the tuherosa type ; the chitinisation being 

 not markedly heavy, so that the greater part of the organ is 

 brown, not black. It is somewhat triangular in shape, the 

 posterior ventral corner giving off a very short blunt process, 



