Diptern from South Africa. 97 



IS wholly red ; there is a short line of white scaly hairs on 

 the posterior border of the first sc^^mcnt, and on the anterior 

 border of the seeond, and an oblong spot of tiiiek white sc-ily 

 hairs on the posterior border of the third segment; th3 last 

 two segments are more or less covered with white scaly hairs ; 

 the pnl)esccnce on the dorsnm of abdomen consists of short 

 black hairs; on the sides the hairs are white on the first 

 segment and black on all the others. Underside of abdomen 

 red, the dorsal bhick stripe faintly marked, the pubescence 

 black, with white pile. Legs red, with black pubescence and 

 bristles. 



The shading ot" the wings is allied to that of E. macroptera, 

 but the band on attaining the margin only borders it for a 

 short distance, from the junction of the vein dividing the 

 second and third posterior cell to half tlie width (jf the latter 

 (in one of the specimens it extends through three quarters of 

 the width of the cell and above its junction with the second 

 posterior) ; on its upper border it does not extend so high, 

 not reaching the base of the anterior fork of the third vein; 

 when it reaches the second longitudinal vein it makes a sharp 

 tnrn and follows the bend of the second longitudinal vein 

 to where it ends in the border of wing, extending a little 

 beyond it, and entirely filling up the space enclosed by the 

 vein ; the colouring of the shading is brown and the veins 

 brown ; the vein dividing the second and third posterior cell 

 is curved more at its upper than its lower end, differing in 

 this from macroptera. 



Length 13 raillim. 



Tvpes (male and female). Fort Johnston, Nyasalaud 

 {Rendu 1 1). 



The female is similar to the male, with the exception of 

 the abdomen, which is darker; from the fourth segment the 

 black colour entirely predominates ; the scaly hairs are 

 yellow and more abundant; the underside is red, with 

 yellowish pubescence, only a few black hairs being inter- 

 mixed, anil the scaly hairs are yellow. 



Length \2 millim. 



Exoproaopa basalis, sp. n. 



Type (male), from Figtree Creek, Harberton {Rendali), 

 resembles the above species, but the wing is din'ercnt, nearly 

 the same as that of E. macroptera, and the abdomen is 

 retlder. 



Al)dumt'n with the first segment red at the sides, the 

 black triangular spots do not extend beyond the fifth 



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