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on the anterior aspect of the femur, the median row of bristles has a broad, bare 

 space above, while the ventral bristles are stout ; apical tibial comb of 6 spines, comb 

 of first tarsal joint of 9. Mid legs : coxae with 4 stiff bristles in a row parallel to 

 exterior apical edge ; internally bare, whole surface rough. Hind legs : coxae with 

 coarse reticulations ; about 12 minute bristles on the basal two-thirds of the exterior 

 aspect, and 6 to 8 larger towards the apex ; interiorly 4 bristles near the apex. 

 Tibial comb of 9 to 10 spines. The proportions of the tarsal joints are :• — 





i. 



ii. 



iii. 



iv. 



Fore 



Mid 



Hind 



25 

 35 



40 



30 

 40 

 40 



25 

 27 

 35 



40 

 40 

 55 



Abdomen.- — On all the tergites the surface is smooth, broadly along the mid line, 

 but the reticulations appear on the sides and overlapping flaps. From the third 

 segment onwards the tergites are, especially laterally, very bristly ; from the third 

 tergite onwards the posterior row of bristles is uninterrupted ; on tergite iii. this 

 row contains 16-17 bristles and as many more in a patch on each side ; on tergite iv. 

 the row numbers about 20 bristles and the patches are correspondingly increased ; 

 the bristles increase in number on the fifth tergite and are reduced again on the 

 sixth, where the posterior row contains 20. The spiracle is minute. The mid lobe 

 of the fifth sternite is narrow and produced, and there are exceptionally one or two 

 minute bristles on each side of the central pair. There are only 12-13 bristles 

 between the stylets. 



Length, 2 mm. ; alar expanse, nearly 3*25 mm. 



(J. More intensely black than the $, with the metallic reflections more pronounced. 

 Antennae wholly black. Legs with femoral tips more narrowly pale. 



Head.- — Antennae (fig. 4 c) : scape (3:1) with large sense-organ lying wholly on 

 and occupying two-thirds of the ventral edge, and equidistant terminally from 

 base and apex ; internal surface bare, except for two rather strong bristles subventral 

 and basal in position ; externally above the hollow into w^hich the pedicel folds 

 are numerous scattered short bristles ; two subapical ventral bristles between the 

 sense-organ and the pedicel, placed in a subventral line above the organ, and hardly 

 extending beyond the ventral edge. Pedicel shorter than the first funicular joint ; 

 funicle and club cylindrical, the latter elongated, and about one-sixth broader 

 than the first funicular joint. The joints of the funicle (7 : 5) are equal in pairs, the 

 first and second being a trifle longer than the third and fourth. The bristles of 

 the funicle are irregularly placed and nowhere form definite rows with contiguous 

 pustules ; all are of the same calibre and the largest not more than four -fifths of 

 the joint on which they stand. Club 2| times as long as the preceding joints and 

 segmented in the ratio 6:8:5. Sensoria on funicle : (1st) 2, 4, 2, 3 ; (2nd) and 

 (3rd) 2, 6, 2, 5 ; (4th) 2, 5, 2, 8 ; on club : (1st) 1, 4, 1, 5 ; (2nd) 1, 6, 1, 5 ; (3rd) 

 1, 2,1,2. Length of antenna, 0*8 mm. 



Length, 1*5 mm. ; alar expanse, 3 nmi. 



