DIPl'EROUS FAMILY PANTOPHTHALMID^.. 583 



basal cell with an elongate dusky blotch occupying part of its 

 distal two-thirds, but not extending either to tip or to hind 

 border of the cell, an elongate brovvni.sh streak in second costal 

 cell above foregoing blotch, a large pale spot on fork of third 

 longitudinal vein, and a more or less distinct pale streak along 

 costa at tip of marginal cell ; inf uscated area in discal cell not in 

 contact with boundaries of cell at any point except on anterior 

 biisal transverse vein, across centre of which it is connected 

 with large infuscated area in second basal cell, which again 

 is continuous with infuscated axillary cell and alula, through 

 infuscjition occupying greater part of anal cell; veins mummy- 

 brown or cinnamon-brown. Ilalteres: stalks tawny-olive, Icnobs 

 dusky dull green or dusky olive-green. Legs : coxse and tro- 

 chanters tawny or russet-coloured, clothed mainly with tawnj^ or 

 ochreous haii's, front coxte on outer side blackish and clothed with 

 similarly coloured hair; front and middle femora with a bluntly 

 triangular projection at distal extremity, terminal spine on hind 

 femora not unusually large ; front and middle femora chestnut- 

 brown, with an ill-defined dark brown band before distal ex- 

 tremity, hind femora similarly coloured but darker, femora 

 clothed mainly with dark brown or blackish hair, front and 

 middle femora sparsely clothed at base on under side with short 

 tawny hair, tips of all femora, at least above, and base of hind 

 femora, clothed with glistening cinnamon-rufous hair, par- 

 ticularly noticeable at tips of hind femora on extensor surface, 

 where it is short and closely appressed ; front tibiae russet, clothed 

 largely with short, glistening tawny or cinnamon-rufous hairs, 

 with longer and sparser dark bi'own hairs on extensor surface, 

 middle tibia? chestnut-brown (darker on anterior surface), extensor 

 surface sparsely clothed with dark brown hair, flexor surface and 

 tips, which are paler, clothed with short, glistening, appressed, 

 cinnamon-rufous hair; hind tibise black (extreme tips paler and 

 clothed with ochraceous-tawny hair) ; first three segments of front 

 and middle tarsi, except tips, ochraceous-buff, last two segments 

 and tips of preceding segments cinnamon-brown ; front and middle 

 tarsi entirely clotiied with glistening, appressed, ochraceous- 

 tawny hairs, longer at distal extremity of upper surface of ter- 

 minal segment, minute or short elsewhere; first segment of hind 

 tarsi warm bulF or cinnamon-buff (extreme tip faintly cinnamon- 

 brown), clothed with short, glistening, appressed, cream-bufF hair; 

 last four segments of hind tarsi cinnamon-brown, clothed (as 

 also extreme tip of first segment) with glistening, appressed, 

 ochraceous-tawny hairs ; claws tawny or russet-coloured, their 

 tips black; pulvilli and empodia ochraceous-tawny. 



British Honduras: Oorozal, 26. ix. 1922, "came to light, at 

 night " {Dr. F. L. Davis). The collector of the type, who has 

 been kind enough to present the specimen to the National 

 Collection, writes that, although resident in British Honduras 

 for very many years, he cannot remember having met with this 

 species previously. 



