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one-fourth of the eye height. Sides of face bare, silvery ; narrowest width equal 

 to about one-fourth of the distance between vibrissae. Facial ridges bare, except 

 on lowest fourth. Facial depression silvery pollinose, slightly elevated vertically 

 toward the middle. Antenna in male almost as long as the face, black but tinged 

 with yellowish red ; the third segment in male about two and a half times the length 



Fig. IS. Head of Lophosia excisa, sp. n., q. 



of the second. Arista yellowish, thickened on basal third ; the second segment not 

 longer than broad. Front at vertex deeply excised ; in male about half as wide 

 as either eye ; white pollinose below, shading to black at vertex ; vitta dull deep 

 chestnut in colour, at narrowest part about one and one-half times as wide as either 

 side of front ; no orbital bristles in male ; the frontals reaching the base of second 

 antennal segment. Ocellar bristles weak, directed forward. 



Thorax, including scutellum, black, sub-shining, thinly covered with grey pollen. 

 Two sternopleural bristles, three post-suturals. Scutellum with two strong marginal 



Fig. 16. Wing of Lophosia excisa, sp n. 



pairs of macrochaetae and no apical pair ; at the base a weak pair of bristles inserted 

 just above the margin. Legs yellow, except the tarsi, which are black ; front tarsi 

 in male somewhat enlarged ; very few bristles on any of the legs. Wings (fig. 16) 

 tinged with brown ; a group of about three small bristles at base of R. 4+5 (third 

 vein). Tegulae white. 



