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GENUS CHRISTYA 



Thorax, hair-like scales and narrow curved 

 laterally. Wings, dense lanceolate scales. Abdomen 

 with characteristic dense long lateral apical tufts of 

 hair-like scales. 



i. Cb. implexa. Fore femora with white spots 

 and a prominent pale band. Hind tarsi black, apex of 

 leg white. Uganda. 



GENUS LOPHOSCELOMYIA 



Resembles Nyssorhynchus, but differs in having (i) 

 long curved hair-like scales on thorax instead of narrow 

 curved and spindle scales ; (2) dense apical tufts on the 

 hind femora in both sexes. 



i. L. asiatica. Very small. Wings, five black 

 spots and four yellow costal spots. Malay. 



GENUS NYSSORHYNCHUS 



a. Last hind tarsi brown. 



Legs spotted. 

 P> Legs with apical bands. 



1. TV. stephensi. Syn = A. metaboles, Theobald. 

 Tarsus without any segment of hind leg white. Legs 

 brown, speckled with white ; joints of fore and hind 

 tarsi with apical spots. Wing costa, four broad 

 prominent black spots and two smaller basal ones. 

 The third largest spot has three typical spots beneath 

 it on the first long vein (Fig. 59). Fringe dark, with 

 pale areas. Palpi, two broad apical white bands, one 

 narrow basal ; white scales between the last two bands. 

 India. 



2. TV. masteri. Distinguished from former by 

 the proboscis having pale apex in ? . It is also smaller. 

 Australia. 



ftp. Legs with apical and basal bands. 



