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JOHN D. TOTHILL. 



Paraphania fuscipennis, sp. n. 



Frontal depression and sides of face bright golden pollinose. Third segment 

 of antenna in male at least six times as long as second. Palpi dark brown. Genae 

 bare, golden pollinose. Wings dark brown, cell R. 5 open at margin of wing. Discal 

 bristles present. Length, 12 mm. 



Head (fig. 9) at vibrissae very much shorter than at base of antennae. Vibrissae 

 on a level with the oral margin. Palpi dark brown, almost black. Eyes bare. 

 Cheeks (genae) bare and golden pollinose ; at the oral margin a single row of weak 

 black bristles ending with the vibrissae ; distance from oral margin to eye about 

 one-third of eye height. Sides of face bare, bright golden pollinose ; width of narrow- 

 est part equal to about three-fourths the distance between the two vibrissae. Facial 



Fig. 9. Head of Paraphania fuscipennis, sp. n., (J. 



ridges with weak hairs on basal half. Facial depression bright golden pollinose, 

 with no median vertical carina. Antenna in male almost reaching the oral margin, 

 dark brown ; second segment only slightly longer than first, third segment from six 

 to eight times as long as second and flattened laterally, especially at distal end, 

 where it tapers almost like the blade of an axe. Arista filiform, with no marked 

 thickening even at base ; first and second segments each about one and one-half 

 times as long as broad ; third segment about as long as last antenna! segment ; it 

 is thickly clothed with very short hairs that are hardly as long as the arista is thick. 

 Front at vertex about three-fourths as wide as either eye ; black, except at the lower 

 ends, where the colour blends to gold ; frontal vitta opaque, black, twice as wide 

 at narrowest point as either of the sides of front. No orbital bristles in male and 

 all the frontal bristles notably weak. Ocellar bristles present and directed forward. 

 Thorax, including scutellum, with black ground mostly masked by gray pruinosity ; 

 four black longitudinal vittae, the outer pair being twice as wide as the inner. Three 

 sternopleural bristles and three post-suturals ; scutellum with three pairs of marginal 

 bristles and no apical pair. Legs black, the tarsal claws and pulvilli in male greatly 



