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very prominent extension on to the scutellum. Sides grey and 

 gold ; ventral side grey ; both provided with patches of long 

 golden hairs. Shoulders \vith. short black bristles and long 

 golden hairs. Anterior spiracle dark chocolate., and provided 

 with a heavy coat of short brown hairs. 



Of the anterior acrostichals, only the posterior pair present, 

 rather long but slender ; of the posterior set, only the pre- 

 scutellars. Scutellar apicals present ; dorsocentral row com- 

 plete, the last pair xery long., the second shorter, but much 

 stronger than those anterior to them. Two intra-alars. 



Legs grey and black. The first femur bright golden 

 beneath, and clothed with short hairs ; longitudinal rows of 

 bristles very complete. Second femur hairy proximo-ventrally ; 

 distally a " comb " is differentiated ; tibia hairless, and 

 considerably longer than tarsus. Third femur heavily clad 

 with short hairs ; di!?tal two-tliirds of tibia very hairy ; distal 

 third free ; tibia longer than tarsus. 



Abdomen about as long as thorax ; conical, with the usual 

 black and white markings ; the dorsal longitudinal black line 

 extends faintly on to last segment. Covered dorsally with 

 short black reclinate bristles ; hair}^ beneath. Hypopygium 

 visible dorsally ; first segment silvery polHnose, second shiny 

 black and hairy. Forceps shiny black, curved, sharply pointed ; 

 tips bare, rest hairy. Accessory plates brown, hairy. Claspers 

 simple ; shiny black. The penis is a very stout organ, brown 

 in colour, slightly poUinose, and developed distally into a 

 short stout hook, as figured (Fig. 16). 



Female. — This differs from the male in the following 

 characters : — Frontal stripe about four- fifths the width of 

 eye. A row of nine frontal bristles beside frontal stripe, a 

 second row of three large bristles immediately beside the eye. 

 Lateral verticals prominent. Thoracic chaetotaxy as in male, 

 except that the scutellar apicals are absent. Scutellum con- 

 siderably more rounded than in male. First femur only 

 slightly golden, not hairy ; tibia about as long as tarsus. 

 Second and third tibise and femora hairless ; no " comb" on 

 second femur. Abdomen rounded, much shorter than thorax ; 

 covered dorsall}^ \\'ith short reclinate bristles ; longitudinal 

 black line faintly visible on last segment. Ventral side scarcely 

 hairy. 



Described from specimens bred from wool by ]Mr. Henry 



