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  NOTES 
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  shorter 
  and 
  the 
  chitinised 
  claw 
  is 
  curved 
  more 
  into 
  a 
  semicircle. 
  The 
  £ 
  claspers 
  

   carry 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  excessively 
  fine 
  hair 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  lobes, 
  which 
  is 
  omitted 
  

   from 
  Howard, 
  Dyar 
  and 
  Knab's 
  figure. 
  

  

  Wyeomyia 
  bodkini, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  blackish 
  scales, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  rather 
  distinct 
  blue 
  reflection 
  

   when 
  viewed 
  from 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  white 
  scales 
  low 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  but 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  

   white 
  eye-margin. 
  Eyes 
  very 
  narrowly 
  separated, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  so 
  above 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   though 
  at 
  the 
  vertex 
  they 
  are 
  practically 
  touching, 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  them 
  greyish, 
  

   without 
  scales. 
  Tori 
  and 
  clypeus 
  bare, 
  blackish, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  pronounced 
  pale 
  

   grey 
  dusting. 
  Tips 
  of 
  flagellar 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  Proboscis 
  black, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  slightly 
  

   but 
  distinctly 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Palpi 
  thin, 
  black, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  

   Thorax 
  : 
  prothoracic 
  lobes 
  rather 
  large, 
  not 
  very 
  widely 
  separated, 
  clothed 
  

   mainly 
  with 
  brilliant 
  blue 
  scales, 
  passing 
  to 
  coppery 
  below, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  

   scales 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  margin. 
  Pro-epimera 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  silvery 
  scales. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  black, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  flat 
  black 
  scales, 
  larger 
  posteriorly. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Male 
  claspers 
  of 
  Wyeomyia 
  : 
  (a) 
  W 
  . 
  

   aphobema, 
  Dyar 
  ; 
  (b) 
  W 
  . 
  bodkini, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Postnotum 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  four 
  long 
  dark 
  bristles, 
  no 
  scales. 
  Pleurae 
  densely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  silvery 
  scales. 
  Two 
  spiracular 
  bristles 
  ; 
  no 
  pro-epimerals. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black 
  above, 
  shining 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath, 
  the 
  colours 
  separated 
  in 
  a 
  

   straight 
  line. 
  Hypopygiitm 
  : 
  lobes 
  of 
  ninth 
  tergite 
  each 
  with 
  five 
  stout 
  and 
  

   rather 
  short 
  bristles. 
  Side-pieces 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  about 
  eight 
  strong 
  bristles 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  face, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  subapical 
  lobe 
  bearing 
  one 
  rather 
  

   long 
  bristle 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  fine 
  hairs. 
  Clasper 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  swollen 
  on 
  its 
  apical 
  

   two-thirds, 
  with 
  several 
  long, 
  curved 
  hairs 
  and 
  two 
  short 
  terminal 
  claws. 
  Tenth 
  

   sternites 
  with 
  a 
  vertical 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  terminal 
  points. 
  Legs 
  blue-black. 
  Front 
  

   tarsi 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  beneath 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  segments. 
  Mid 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  

   four 
  segments 
  almost 
  entirely 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  dark 
  line 
  beneath, 
  the 
  second 
  

   segment 
  more 
  extensively 
  dark 
  beneath 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  third. 
  Hind 
  tarsi 
  entirely 
  

   dark. 
  Last 
  segment 
  of 
  mid 
  tarsi 
  (fig. 
  1, 
  bo) 
  over 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   breadth, 
  with 
  a 
  swelling 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  underside 
  bearing 
  one 
  small 
  slender 
  

   spine, 
  its 
  claws 
  both 
  rather 
  small, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  one 
  

   much 
  stouter 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  middle 
  

   ones, 
  with 
  about 
  six 
  longish 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  underside, 
  none 
  dorsally. 
  Wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  scales 
  all 
  dark, 
  the 
  outstanding 
  ones 
  mostly 
  rather 
  short, 
  narrowly 
  ovate. 
  Upper 
  

   fork-cell 
  .about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  stem. 
  Wing-length, 
  2-8 
  mm. 
  

  

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  Coloration 
  exactly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  <J. 
  Antennal 
  hair-whorls 
  somewhat 
  shorter. 
  

   Middle 
  claws 
  both 
  alike. 
  Wing-scales 
  rather 
  longer 
  and 
  denser. 
  

  

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