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tarsi ; hind tibiae broadly yellow towards 

 the base ; first yellow abdominal band of 



the female entire laffojws, Loew. 



6 (2) Hind femora of the male with a brush -like 

 tuft of dense black hairs oa the inner 

 side near the base. 



6 (9) Middle yellow stripe on the thorax wanting 



or very narrow ; abdomen of the female 

 with the black hind borders of the seg- 

 ments well developed. 



7 (8) Founh abdominal segment of the male 



with a small furrow on each side, which 

 is densely covered with golden hairs 

 forming short longitudinal stripes j middle 

 yellow thoracic stripe wanting striffi/atus, Bezzi. 



8 (7) Fourth abdominal segment with the usual 



pubescence, without any furrows ; middle 



thoracic stripe very narrow, but distinct., minor, sp. u. 



9 (6) Middle yellow thoracic stripe very broad ; 



hind portion of the abdominal segments 



grey, without a black border africanus, Verr. 



10 (1) Thorax on the back with less distinct 



stripes or even not striped at all. 



11 (12) ScateUum yellow; frunt tarsi reddish; 



wings greyish hyaline ; eyes of the male 

 touching ;* tibiae with long black hairs, 

 those of the bind legs with a strong 



tubercle inyratus, Loew. 



12(11) Scutellum and front tarsi black; wings 

 strongly iuiuscatedand with purplish-blue 

 reflexions. 



13 (14) Scutellum black, with a yellowish hind 



border; abdomen in great part reddish, 

 with black markings ; eyes of the male a 

 little separated; tibiae with short and 

 partly pale-coloured hairs, those of the 

 hind legs without tubercle ci/anipennis, pp. n. 



14 (13) Scutellum and abdomen entirely black. . . . mono, sp. n. 



97. H. (Mesembrms) capensis, Macquart (1842). 



I think that the present species is possibly the same as the coffer 

 of Loew, because it is the commonest of all the South African 

 species. 



A couple of specimens from Blantvre, Xyasaland, 23-25. iv. 

 1910 (Dr. J. E. S. Old); a couple from Durban (F. Mvt'r) ; 

 three males from Kenyamkago, British East Africa (Dr. J. Pugh); 

 some specimens from Chinteehi, Nyasaland (Dr. FT, S. Stannvt) ; 

 a male from Uganda (Capt. E. D. W. Greig); N. Nyasa, near 

 mouth of R. Rumpl, 12. v. (Dr. J. B. Davey). 



98. H. (Mesembrius) lagopus, Loew (1860). 



A male from Salisbury, S. Ehodesia (G. A. K. Marshall); 

 a female from Purhan, i. 1903 ( F. J/W/-Y 



