DIPTEROUS FAMILY PANTOPHTHALMIU.E. 



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a similar but rather flatter curve behind it; scutellum mummy- 

 brown (posterior border, which is thickly covered Avith small, 

 polished, rounded tubercles, mainly blackish -brown), lateral 

 extremities of dorsal surface silvery-grey ; dorsum of scutum 

 clothed with fine, short, silky, yellowish or brownish hair, which 

 becomes longer on hind border; scutellum, except anterior half 

 of dorsal surface, which is bare, clothed with short, dark brown 

 or blackish-bi"own hair; pleurse and pectus mummy-brown 

 (appearing darker when viewed from certain angles), clothed 

 with fine, dark brown hair. Abdomen (at least in case of type, 

 and except as regards the lateral silvery-white spots) uniformly 

 blackish -brown or brownish-black above and below (ventral 

 surface perhaps rather more brownish than dorsal) ; second and 



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Pantophthalmus conspicabilis Austen, ? , X IJ. 



third tergites each with a conspicuous, silvery-white spot on each 

 side, close to posterior angle ; lateral borders of dorsum clothed 

 with blackisn-brown hair, which on second and two followino- 

 tergites forms a not very conspicuous fringe on each side (on 

 lateral margins of fourth tergite the fringe is longer and sparser 

 than on the two preceding tergites) ; first sternite, and central 

 area of second, clothed with fine, dark brownish hair. Wings 

 marked as shown in text-fig. 5, the dark blotches on costal border 

 sharply defined and conspicuous; veins sepia-coloured or 

 cinnamon-brown, in pale areas usually paler (pinkish-cinnamon). 

 Ilalteres : stalks cinnamon-brown, knobs blackish-brown. Legs : 

 front femora with a small but distinct terminal spine, which on 

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