288 ERNEST E. AUSTEN — NEW AFRICAN 



Q , clove-brown), tibiae and middle and hind tarsi with pale markings as shown 

 in fig. 2, hind tibiae in d sometimes with a distinct indication of a second pale 

 band, at least on inner side ; bands on front tibiae, as also sometimes those on 

 hind tibiae in Q, waxen- white, other pale markings (bands on hind tibiae in <Jj 

 and in both sexes bands on middle tibiae, proximal two-thirds or three-fourths of 

 first joints of middle and hind tarsi, and bases of second and third joints of middle 

 tarsi) cream-buff ; front tibiae in Q slightly swollen beyond pale band ; pale 

 bands on front tibiae clothed with glistening cream-coloured hair, in Q pale 

 bands on hind tibiae and proximal pale bands on middle tibiae clothed with 

 glistening yellowish hair, similar short hairs sometimes also present on pale bands 

 on middle and hind tibiae in d <> otherwise hairy covering of femora, tibiae and 

 tarsi in both sexes dark brown. 



Sierra Leone Protectorate ; Gold Goast (Northern Terri- 

 tories) ; Northern Nigeria. Type of d and 6 para-types (2c? d , 4 Q Q) 

 from Kalande, Northern Territories, Gold Coast, 22. vii. 1910, "at water-hole" 

 (Dr. F. J. A. Beringer, W.A.M.S.) ; type of Q from swamp near Salaga, 

 Tamale Road, Northern Territories, Gold Coast, 17. viii. 1910 (Dr. F. J. A. 

 Beringer). The following are the localities and dates of capture of 15 additional 

 examples of this species, which, like the types and para-types, were taken by 

 Dr. Beringer in the Northern Territories, Gold Coast, in 1910, and were subse- 

 quently presented by him to the British Museum (Natural History) : — Kwelo, 

 23. vii., "water side" (Id); Kombi, 24. vii., "water side" (4 Q Q) ; Salaga- 

 Kunkwa Road, 29. vii. (2Q Q); yam farms near Jampaei (?), 29. vii. (7 cf d\ 

 1 Q). Sierra Leone Protectorate : one Q from "bush near Manunkon," 

 2. vii. 1913 (Dr. J. V. Wood, W.A.M.S. :— presented to the National Collection 

 by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology). Northern Nigeria (Ilorin 

 Province) : 2 d d\ 3 Q Q from Ilorin, 20. v., 16. viii. 1912, 1 Q from Afon, 29. 

 v. 1912, 1 Q from Ariore, 22. vii. 1912, and ] Q (precise locality and date of 

 capture uncertain) from R. Aunwa, between Moma and Agodi (Dr. J. W. Scott 

 Macjie, W.A.M.S. : — presented to the British Museum (Natural History) by the 

 Imperial Bureau of Entomology)." 



In the Q sex, at any rate, Haematopota hastata appears to show affinity to 

 H. decora, Walk., to which it displays a distinct resemblance in the width of the 

 front, shape and coloration of the frontal callus, shape of the antennae, and 

 presence of a clove-brown transverse band on the face ; in addition to the fore- 

 going, further approximation between the two species is seen in the shape and 

 size of the stigma in the wing, and of the dark blotch below it. Haematopota 

 decora, however, is very different from H. hastata in general appearance, and is 

 readily distinguishable from it by means of a number of characters, including the 

 broader shape and pure white colour of the terminal joint of the palpi, the much 

 greater development of the light grey markings on the dorsum of the thorax 

 (the base of the scutellum in H. decora is conspicuously grey), the decidedly 

 paler wings, in which the light markings are milky-white and much fused together 



* The following specimens, also taken in Ilorin, Northern Nigeria, by Dr. Scott Macfie, are 

 in the possession of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology : 1 $ , 2 $> <j> from Ilorin, 20, 23. v., 

 and 28. vii. 1912 ; 1 £ from Afon, 29. v. 1912 ; and 1 $ and 1 9 from Ariore, 22. vii. 1912. 



