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  appressed, 
  whitish 
  hair, 
  except 
  on 
  blackish 
  brown 
  areas 
  adjacent 
  to 
  median 
  

   triangles 
  on 
  second 
  to 
  fourth 
  segments 
  inclusive, 
  where 
  hairy 
  covering 
  is 
  black 
  or 
  

   blackish, 
  and 
  more 
  erect 
  ; 
  venter 
  pale 
  neutral 
  grey, 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  

   creamy 
  white 
  hair, 
  terminal 
  segment 
  with 
  usual 
  longer, 
  coarse, 
  erect, 
  black 
  hairs, 
  

   extreme 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  second 
  to 
  sixth 
  segments 
  inclusive 
  paler 
  (pallid 
  neutral 
  

   grey 
  or 
  ivory 
  yellow). 
  Wings 
  : 
  light 
  markings 
  in 
  distal 
  half, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  

   type, 
  somewhat 
  moniliform 
  ; 
  pale 
  border 
  running 
  along 
  hind 
  margin 
  fairly 
  deep, 
  

   on 
  distal 
  side 
  of 
  each 
  posterior 
  marginal 
  cell 
  deeper 
  than 
  on 
  proximal, 
  commencing 
  

   in 
  second 
  submarginal 
  and 
  terminating 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  axillary 
  cell, 
  in 
  proximal 
  half 
  

   of 
  which 
  it 
  becomes 
  very 
  narrow 
  ; 
  owing 
  to 
  fusion 
  of 
  adjacent 
  margins 
  of 
  proximal 
  

   and 
  middle 
  rosettes, 
  discal 
  cell 
  enclosing 
  only 
  three 
  pale 
  marks 
  ; 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  

   proximal 
  rosette 
  almost 
  or 
  quite 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  other 
  pale 
  marks 
  crossing 
  basal, 
  

   anal 
  and 
  axillary 
  cells 
  ; 
  sinuous 
  mark 
  at 
  tip 
  of 
  wing 
  not 
  reaching 
  pale 
  hind 
  border 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  light 
  sepia-coloured, 
  paler 
  at 
  proximal 
  extremity 
  ; 
  veins 
  or 
  portions 
  of 
  

   veins 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  three 
  rosettes 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  infuscated. 
  

   Squamae 
  semi-hyaline, 
  borders 
  ivory 
  yellow 
  or 
  cream-coloured. 
  Halteres 
  ivory 
  

   yellow, 
  knobs 
  clove 
  brown 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  Legs 
  : 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  light 
  

   neutral 
  grey, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  front 
  tibiae 
  brownish 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  fairly 
  

   broad, 
  creamy 
  white 
  band 
  just 
  beyond 
  base, 
  distal 
  two-thirds 
  conspicuously 
  swollen, 
  

   pale 
  band 
  clothed 
  with 
  glistening, 
  appressed, 
  cream-coloured 
  hairs, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  

   pass 
  over 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  brownish 
  black 
  portion, 
  which 
  is 
  clothed 
  otherwise 
  with 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  clove 
  brown, 
  clothed, 
  except 
  at 
  distal 
  extremities, 
  

   chiefly 
  with 
  glistening, 
  appressed, 
  yellowish 
  hairs, 
  and 
  each 
  encircled 
  with 
  two 
  

   cream-buff 
  bands, 
  distal 
  extremities 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  hairs, 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  somewhat 
  thickened 
  ; 
  front 
  tarsi 
  brownish 
  black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  clove 
  brown, 
  first 
  joints, 
  except 
  distal 
  extremities, 
  cream- 
  

   burl 
  

  

  Ain 
  es-Sultan, 
  near 
  Jericho, 
  8.vi.l918, 
  biting 
  author's 
  arm. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  its 
  small 
  size, 
  this 
  tiny 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  distinguished, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  

   female 
  sex, 
  from 
  all 
  its 
  congeners 
  described 
  or 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  

   by 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antenna. 
  

  

  3. 
  Haematopota 
  minuscula, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (fig. 
  4, 
  6). 
  

  

  $. 
  — 
  Length 
  (1 
  specimen) 
  7*6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  3 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  front 
  at 
  

   vertex 
  1*2 
  mm. 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  wing 
  6 
  '2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Dorsum 
  of 
  thorax 
  olive, 
  with 
  lateral 
  borders 
  and 
  three 
  narrow, 
  incomplete, 
  

   longitudinal 
  stripes 
  pale 
  smoke 
  grey 
  ; 
  dorsum 
  of 
  abdomen 
  with 
  black, 
  median, 
  

   longitudinal 
  stripe 
  (tapering 
  and 
  becoming 
  olivaceous 
  black 
  towards 
  distal 
  extremity), 
  

   and 
  ivith 
  lateral 
  borders 
  broadly 
  olive-grey 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  strongly 
  swollen 
  ; 
  

   wings 
  light 
  drab, 
  with 
  usual 
  pale 
  markings 
  well 
  developed, 
  and 
  those 
  in 
  discal 
  cell 
  as 
  

   in 
  H. 
  pluvialis, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Head 
  : 
  front 
  deep 
  olive-grey, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  and 
  a 
  ring 
  encircling 
  each 
  lateral 
  

   frontal 
  spot 
  pale 
  smoke 
  grey, 
  a 
  median 
  stripe 
  extending 
  from 
  margin 
  of 
  occiput 
  at 
  

   vertex 
  to 
  median 
  frontal 
  spot, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  ring 
  encircling 
  latter, 
  light 
  olive-grey 
  ; 
  

   face 
  and 
  jowls 
  pale 
  gull 
  grey, 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  punctate 
  in 
  usual 
  manner, 
  but 
  pair 
  of 
  

   dark 
  spots 
  on 
  central 
  region 
  of 
  face, 
  seen 
  in 
  H. 
  sewelli, 
  Austen, 
  $, 
  and 
  H. 
  pluvialis, 
  

  

  