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four clove-brown spots on the face, the spot at each end of the row is in contact 

 with or only narrowly separated from the eye on that side, while each of the 

 remaining spots is directly below one of the antennae ; palpi mouse-grey, clothed 

 with glistening pale yellowish hairs, which on outer side of terminal joint are 

 interspersed with short black hairs, terminal joint of palpi elongate, moderately 

 swollen towards base and bluntly pointed at distal extremity ; first joint of 

 antennae (see fig 3a) five-sixths of a millimetre in length, cylindrical and not at 

 all swollen, isabella-coloured at base and usually darker (mouse-grey or brownish- 

 grey) towards distal extremity, and clothed on outer side and above with minute 

 blackish hairs ; second joint of antennae small, mummy-brown clothed with 

 minute blackish hairs and with neither of its angles noticeably produced ; third 

 joint of antennae narrow and elongate, proximal portion dark brown (usually 



Fig. 3. — Haematopota macidosifacies, Austen, ? • x 6. 



mummy-brown at base), terminal annuli clove-brown, total length of third joint, 

 including terminal annuli, from one-fourth to one -half greater than that of first 

 two joints taken together. Thorax : dorsum with a narrow, grey, median longi- 

 tudinal stripe (sometimes obliterated in centre) extending from front margin to 

 praescutellar groove ; on each side of middle line a slightly broader grey longi- 

 tudinal stripe extends from front margin of dorsum nearly to inner extremity of 

 lateral portion of transverse suture, where it terminates ; hind margin of main 

 portion of dorsum with the usual grey crescentic marks, and inner extremities of 

 lateral portions of transverse suture each ending in a grey, deltoid spot ; in 

 addition to grey markings just described, the humeral calli, lateral borders of 

 main portion of dorsum, and hind border of scutellum are grey, and behind 

 transverse suture is a grey longitudinal stripe on each side, extending from suture 

 nearly to outer extremity of corresponding crescentic mark ; dorsum sparsely 

 clothed with minute, appressed, glistening Naples-yellow hairs : pleurae and pectus 

 light grey, clothed with whitish hair. Abdomen: lateral borders and hind 

 margins of tergites of all segments grey, anterior margin of tergite of second 



