80 GLOSSINA PALLICERA.— AFFINITIES. 



ad-median brown stripes in front, paler ; humeral calli and 

 pleurse cinereous ; scutellum cinereous at the base, ochraceous 

 buff on the distal half, with the usual dark-brown patches, one 

 on each side of the longitudinal median impression, separated by 

 a rather wide interval in the tj^pical specimens. 



Abdomen. — With the exceptions mentioned above, unicolorous ; 

 the typical <J has the hind margins of the second, third and 

 fourth segments, and a median stripe on the two latter darker 

 than the remainder of the upper side of these segments, so that 

 the third and fourth segments appear to be marked with an 

 interrupted transverse band, somewhat paler than the ground 

 colour ; this, however, is probably an effect of drying ; seventh 

 segment and hypopygium in the ^ , and seventh segment, at least 

 at the sides, in the 9 clothed v/ith yellowish cinereous dust. 



Squamae yellowish white ; fringe of antisquama brown ; 

 halteres yellowish. 



Distribution of GI. imllicera, Bigot. 



Nothing is known as to the geographical range of this species. 

 The above description has been drawn xyp from the examination 

 of Bigot's actual type (which is a (J and not a $ , as stated by 

 him) and a second specimen, a 9 > which had been placed by 

 Bigot above the label " G. longipalpis" {= Gl.paljoalis, Rob.-Desv.), 

 but certainly belongs to the present species. Both of these 

 specimens, the only ones that I have seen, are from Assinie, 

 Ivory Coast {Ch. Allumul) [V.] 



Habits, ktc. 

 Unknown. 



8VN0NYMY AND AfFINITIKS. 



Although it was suggested by Bigot {loc. cit.) that Gl.paUicera 

 is perhaps merely a variety of " (?. longipalpis" (= Gl. palpalis, 

 Rob.-Desv.), it appears to me to be quite distinct and fully 

 entitled to specific rank. I express this opinion with the greater 

 confidence, since I have been enabled to examine a specimen of 

 each sex. Gl. palpalis is the only species with which Gl. palUcera 

 can be confused, but, although closely allied, it can readily be dis- 

 tinguished by the characters given above. In addition to these, 

 the front in both sexes of Gl. pallicera is conspicuously narrower 

 than in Gl. jxilpalis. In the ^ the arista of Gl. pallicera is 



