Diplera from South Africa, 9d 



the pubescence on the sides of the thorax, on tlie breast, and 

 before the litiltcrcs almost wholly yellow ; there are a few 

 blai'k !»airs on the centre of the breast and on the sides of 

 the thorax above the yellow ones. Thorax witli black 

 pubescence and some yellow scaly hairs. Scntcllura black 

 at base, on the fore border dull red with black pubescence. 

 Sides of ab(h)men with white h;iirs on the first, and anterior 

 border of the si-cond, sej^iuciit, black on the others. The 

 pubescence on the abdomen is black, with white scaly hairs 

 on the sides of the segments from the second to the sixth, 

 there are red spots to be seen on the second and third where 

 the hairs seem rubbed off; underside dull yellow-brown, 

 darker at the apex, with long yellow hairs on the aiiterior, 

 and black ones on the posterior, segments, and yellow scalv 

 hairs on the basal half. Legs black, with long black 

 pubescence on the anterior coxte. \Nings similar to those of 

 E. morosa, Locw (/. c. tab. ii. tig. 30), except in the following 

 particulars : — There is no stump of a vein projecting into 

 the discal cell; the small cross-vein is in the middle of the 

 discal cell and the base of the second longitudinal vein is 

 just opposite it; tiie second, third, and fourth posterior cells 

 are about equal in width at their openings ; the dark shading 

 from the base extends higher up well over the base of the 

 third posterior cell, the clear spot in the second basal cell is 

 large and nearly square. 

 Length 12 millim. 



Types, male, Pretoria {JF. L. D.) ; female, Namaqualand 

 {Cochrane) . 



The female is in poor preservation ; the underside of the 

 abdomen is black, with long yellow hairs on the basal half 

 and black ones on the apex. 



b. The cross-band divided iuto two parts posteriorly. 



Exoprosopu h'lrtipes, Loew, Dipt. Sudafrik. p. 233, tab. ii. 

 fig. 32 (1»GU;. 



One female from Durban (//', L. D.). 



E. \Vin;,'d with a t'aiat, e.\troinoly imperfect, iind indistinct band which 

 resolves itself into a dark shading' of tlie cnjss-Vfins, on the fore 

 border it unites with the e.vtendo(l dark shadin;; <if tlu' b,i3o of the 

 wing's. 



Kroprosu/ia dux, Wicdem., Auss. zwciH. Ins. i. p. 2119(^1828); 

 Loew, Dipt. ISudafrik. p. 23.j (18G0). 



One male from Pretoria. 



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