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fA. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long black 

 liiiir on underside from base. 

 a-. Thorax with dark brown band behind tegulte . nigriharhata. 

 h-. Thorax without dark band behind tegulfe breviuscula. 



2878. Trachea nigribarbata, n. s^d. 



S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with bhick ; palpi 

 with black lateral spots on 1st and 2nd joints ; prothorax with 

 dark brown band behind tegulae ; abdomen brown suffased with 

 fuscous, the lateral tufts and ventral surface black, the anal tuft 

 rufous and whitish below. Pore wing reddish brown slightly 

 suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black ; subbasal line 

 double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial lino double, 

 waved, curved ; claviform a blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform 

 pale tinged with brown and defined by black, the former oblique 

 elliptical, the latter incompletely defined; an indistinct waved 

 medial line; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, somewhat incurved at discal fold, 



(fW" 



Fig. 28. — Trachea nigriharhata, (^ . \, 



incurved below vein 4, a black patch beyond it on costal area with 

 pale points on costa ; subterminal line rejjresented by a series of 

 slight ochreous marks defined on both sides at middle by small 

 black marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle : a terminal series of black points ; cilia ochreous and 

 blackish with a series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, 

 the cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside 

 ochreous tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with black, a 

 black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused 

 subterminal line. 



5 . Fore wing with the inner, postmedial, and apical areas pale. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Masailand, E. Uuasso (Betton), 1 c? type ; 

 Natal, Durban (Gooch), 1 $ . Exjy. 32 millim. 



2879. Trachea breviascula. (Plate CXI. fig. 1.) 

 Xylina breviuscula, Wlk. xv. 1735 (1858). 



5 . Head and thorax pale greyish rufous slightly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; palpi black above ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdo- 

 men greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing pale greyish rufous 



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