﻿40 F. W. EDWARDS — A SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES OF 



dark reddish brown. Wings with brown-scaled veins, except the first longitudinal, 

 which is clothed with white scales as far as the middle of the wing. First fork- 

 cell two-thirds as long as second. Halteres with a dark brown knob, stem paler. 

 Legs dark brown, femora paler beneath. Fore and mid legs with faint indications 

 of pale spots on the articulations ; hind legs with a yellowish knee-spot ; distinct 

 yellowish bands at the apex of the tibia and on the articulations of the first three 

 tarsal joints ; the apex of the third and the whole of the fourth and fifth tarsal 

 joints yellowish. Claws of typical Uranotaenia structure. Abdomen dark brown, 

 with yellowish basal bands, broadening out in the middle, on all the segments ; 

 seventh segment with a whitish apical lateral spot ; venter pale ochreous. 

 Length 2*5 mm., without the proboscis. 



Types in the British Museum (presented by the Entomological Research 

 Committee). 



Described from one male and one female taken in latrines at Accra, Gold 

 Coast, by Dr. A. C. Conned ; the male at 1 p.m., 2. v. 1911, the female at 8 a.m., 

 23. iv. 1911. 



Closely allied to U. bilineata ; distinguished by the presence of pale bands on 

 the abdomen. 





Fig. 6. — Uranotaenia connali, sp. n. Head and thorax of male. 



3. U. alba, Theo., Mon. Cul. Ill, p. 303 (1903). 



U. mashonaensis, var. alba, Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 262 (1901). 



Known only from a single male, which differs from the following in the 

 markings of its abdomen. The sixth and seventh segments are unbanded ; the 

 second and fourth with pale apical patches. It is only provisionally regarded as 

 a distinct species from U. alboabdominalis. The specimen is much rubbed. 



S. Rhodesia. 



4. U. alboabdominalis, Theo., Mon. Cul. V, p. 508 (1910). 



The first longitudinal vein is white-scaled at the base. In the types the head 

 is entirely blue-scaled, and the four basal segments of the abdomen are entirely 

 whitish, but in some specimens from Uganda the head is black-scaled in the 

 middle, and the first four abdominal segments have only apical whitish bands. 



Sudan ; Uganda. 



5. U. mayeri, sp. n. 



Q. Head as in U. connali, but the pale margin narrower. Thorax as in 

 U. connali. Wings with brown-scaled veins ; extreme base of the fourth and a 

 short space of the fifth vein clothed with white scales. Halteres light ochreous 



