94 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



Pectus, pleuy'ce, lateral margins of dorsum of thorax, and legs cinnamon-rufous ; 

 dorsum of thorax black, greyish pollinose ; abdomen chestnut, sometimes cinnamon- 

 rufous, especially beneath, dorsum greyish pollinose in specimens in good condition, 

 especially near front margins of segments, second, third, and fourth segments each with 

 a triangxhlar or elongate median blacJc spot {sometimes indistinguishable or absent on 

 one or more, or even all of the segments); all macrochcetoe and spines black ; wings sepia- 

 coloured, with a dark brown area {sometimes russet-brown, or ivholly or partly absent) 

 on antero-proximal portion, extending from base to end of first longitudinal vein. 



Head : face and jowls buff, whitish pollinose, frontal stripe burnt-umber-coloured or 

 chocolate-brown, sides of front usually blackish, sometimes burnt-umber-coloured ; 

 occiput blackish, greyish pollinose ; epistoma very prominent ; basioccipital region 

 clothed with long whitish hair ; face on each side wnth an irregular row of fine black 

 bristles, descending nearly to level of lower margin of eye ; proboscis cinnamon-rufous, 

 darker towards tip, long, slender, and projecting beyond palpi, which are ochraceous 

 or ochraceous-buff, and also very slender, with margins of portion projecting beyond 

 epistoma parallel, and clothed with black bristles, which are longer below, especially 

 at distal extremity ; antennae cinnamon-rufous to dark chestnut or dark brown, first 

 and second joints usually lighter than third joint, second and third joints light greyish 

 pollinose, third joint very much wider in <s than in $ , arista dark brown, with second 

 joint moderately elongate, and thii'd joint, except distal extremity, minutely pubescent. 

 Thorax : dorsum with greyish pollinose covering most distinct in front, where may be 

 seen commencement of a pair of narrow, admedian, dark, longitudinal stripes, which 

 disappear before reaching transverse suture ; fine hair clothing dorsum between macro- 

 chaetaB uniformly black ; mesopleurse whitish pollinose, with fine whitish hair at base 

 of black bristles ; scutellum dull chestnut. Abdomen : black median spots on dorsum 

 not or scarcely reaching hind margins of segments, with their bases resting on front 

 margins ; fine hair clothing dorsum black, sometimes more or less whitish, that on 

 sides whitish ; second segment with two or three, third segment with from four to six 

 spines on each side in front of marginal series, arranged in a more or less regular 

 transverse row. Wrings : veins beyond darker area sometimes bordered with darker 

 colour. Legs clothed mainly with black hair and bristles, but with whitish or 

 yellowish hair on under side of basal half of femora, and pile on under side of hind 

 tarsi bright buff'-yellow. 



liab. Ruwenzori, Uganda ; and East Africa Protectorate : types of d and $ and 

 one other ? from Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000-13,000 ft., 14th, 17th, and 

 31st Jan.; also Id, 2 ? ? from Ruwenzori, 7000-9000 ft. {G. F. Scott Elliot); 

 2 d (i , 2 ? ? from Njoro, E. Africa Protectorate {A. J. Cholmley) ; and 1 d and 

 2 $ S from Mombasa, E. Africa Protectorate {A. J. Cholmley). A specimen from 

 the last-mentioned locality bears the label : — " Hatched in box of moth and butterfly 

 chrysalides." I have much pleasure in naming this species in honour of Mr. A. F. R. 



