African Phlebotomic Diptera. 105 



Haematopota malefica, sp. n. 



? . — Length (2 specimens) 10 mm. ; width of head 3'75 

 to 4 mm.; width of front at vertex 1 mm. ; length of wing 

 10 mm. 



Mummy-brown, thorax darker, wings dark brown. — Frontal 

 callus mummy-brown ; first joint of antennae incrassate, 

 cylindrical ; dorsum of thorax with three grey stripes of usual 

 type; scutellum grey, with a pair of admedian dark brown 

 blotches at base ; hind margins of abdominal segments narrowly 

 greyish buff, dorsum of fourth and following segments with a 

 pair of admedian yellowish grey spots at base ; rosettes in 

 wings distinct, each consisting of a single series of light marks ; 

 legs as in foregoing species, but lower band on hind tibiae 

 sometimes obsolete or indistinct. 



Head yellowish grey ; frontal callus of moderate depth, 

 extending from eye to eye, lower margin straight, upper 

 margin rising to a slight angle in centre; a conspicuous 

 clove-brown median spot below callus ; lateral frontal spots 

 dark seal-brown, conspicuous, in contact with eyes, median 

 frontal spot present but not very distinct, a narrow light 

 grey median stripe extending from it to vertex, separating 

 two elongate brown blotches ; palpi cream-buff, clothed with 

 hair as in foregoing species, terminal joint elongate ; first 

 and second joints of antennae russet-brown, clothed with 

 black hair, upper angle of second joint strongly produced, 

 third joint dark brown, lighter at base, of moderate breadth 

 and tapering, last three annuli clove-brown. Thorax : 

 pectus, pleura?, and sides of dorsum smoke-grey. Abdomen : 

 greyish buff hind margin of dorsum of second segment 

 sometimes expanded into a median triangle ; venter greyish 

 buff, clothed with minute appressed yellowish hairs. Wings 

 as in foregoing species, but light markings, especially series 

 of oblique marks running across posterior cells, showing 

 a tendency to become broken up into spots ; sinuous light 

 mark at apex sometimes more distinct, at least as regards 

 its upper portion ; light mark at proximal end of stigma 

 distinct and extending to costa ; stigma dark mummy-brown, 

 strongly marked, shorter than in H. inornata. Halteres buff, 

 knob brown or brownish at base above and below. 



Nyasaland Protectorate : type and one other specimen 

 from Zomba Plateau {Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G., C.B.). 



In coloration and fades the present species is very similar 

 to H. inornata, from which, apart from its considerably 

 smaller size, it may be distinguished by the first joint of the 

 antennpe being uniformly swollen almost from the extreme 



