African Phlehotomic Diptera. 3.'*! 



tarsi black or clove-brown, tbinl and fourtli joints of middle 

 tarsi and second, tliird, and fourtli joints of bind tarsi dark 

 brown ; a longitudinal streak on distal portion of postcro- 

 inti-rior surface of front til)iie, tips of first and second j(;ints 

 of middle tarsi, and tip of first joint of bind tarsi on posterior 

 side brown or l)rownisb ; coxae and front and middle femora 

 clotbcd witb buff-yellow bair, tibifc, bind femora, and first 

 joint of bind tarsi clotbcd witb orange-ocbraccous bair. 



I'f^anda : type and five otbcr specimens from Mpumu, 

 Cbagwe, April, 1910 [Captains A. E. Hamcrtun, IKS.O., 

 R.A.M.C., and H. R. Bafcman, R.A.M.C). 



Captain Bateman bas kindly supplied tbc following field- 

 note on tbis strikingly bandsome s|)ecics : — 



" Habitat: — ford across stream bordered by forest at foot 

 of nortb aspect of ]\Ipumu Hill. 



" Dates when cauyht :— April 1 !•, 18, and 22, 1910. 



"Average climatic conditions: — bcavy rain-storms during 

 night, followed bv brigbt suusbine and showers during day. 

 Temperature 60°-80° F. 



" Habits (so far as observed) : — most active from sunrise 

 (6.0 A.M.) to 9.0 A.M. on brigbt mornings; absent during 

 rainy mornings ; active again from 4.0 p.m. to 5.0 p.m. ; not to 

 be seen at mid-day. Tbe Hies are found flying low over the 

 running stream, and aligbting from time to time on tbe 

 stones in tbe water. They attack man and beast during 

 their active hours, and bite freely. 



" Numbers : — fairly common. 



*' Eyes in fresh state iridescent black, or rather iridescent 

 gun-metal colour.^' 



The following are tbe cliief points of difference from tbe 

 South African Rhinomyza denticornis, Wied., presented by 

 Jih. perpulcra : — tliird joint of antennoe (botb upper and 

 lower branches) longer and more slender; dorsum of thorax 

 uniformly darker, without any trace of longitudinal stripes, 

 except two admcdian ligbt flecks on extreme front margin ; 

 no longitudinal dark stripe, either partial or complete, on 

 lateral edge of dorsum of thorax and lateral edge of abdomen ; 

 black 8tri|)es on dorsum of abdomen much broader; wings 

 witb ai)ical blotch reaching lower branch of thiid longi- 

 tudinal vein (instead of extending at most to middle of 

 second eubmarginal cell), and transverse band connected 

 M'ith blotch at tip of anal cell ; front tarsi entirely and tips 

 of middle and hind tarsi black or clove-brown, iustead of 

 Duly tips of all tarsi being brown or brownisb. 



