﻿336 ERNEST E. AUSTEN — NEW AFEICAN 



Haematopota neavei, sp. n. (Plate X, fig. 9.) 



c?Q. — Length, tf (1 specimen) 11*6 mm., Q (18 specimens) 10 to 12 mm.; 

 width of head, cj 1 4 mm., Q 3*4 to 4 mm. ; width of front of Q at vertex 1 mm. ; 

 length of wing, c? 9*25 mm., Q 8*75 to 11 mm. 



Large species, clove-brown in c?, partly dark-brown, partly mummy-brown 

 {ground-colour of tergites of first three abdominal segments mainly mummy- or 

 reddish-brown) in Q , with narrow front in latter, and in both sexes with paler 

 longitudinal stripes on dorsum of thorax, and dark brown or sepia-coloured wings, 

 in which the usual pale markings, at least in anterior and proximal two-thirds, are 

 distinctly tinged ivith ochraceous-buff. 



Head yellowish-grey pollinose (more distinctly yellowish in Q than in cJ); 

 front in Q darker, dull ochre-yellow pollinose, with a dusky (dark sepia-coloured) 

 median patch on vertex, and clove-brown lateral frontal spots very conspicuous, 

 rounded, and in contact with eyes ; frontal callus in Q clove-brown, fairly deep 

 from above downwards, transversely oblong, its upper angles rounded off; eyes 

 bare in both sexes, larger facets in c? not coarse ; palpi dark mouse-grey in (J > 

 isabella-coloured in Q, terminal joint in latter moderately swollen towards base ; 

 first joint of antennae in c? moderately swollen, elliptical ovate in outline when 

 viewed from above, shining black, covered, at least in part, with dark grey 

 pollen, and clothed with black hair ; second and third joints of antennae in <5 

 dark mummy-brown, expanded portion of third joint narrow and elongate as 

 viewed from side, terminal annuli of third joint dark brown, short, and ending 

 bluntly ; first joint of antennae in Q dark mummy-brown or reddish-brown, 

 darker at distal extremity, moderately swollen, elliptical oval when viewed from 

 above, broader at distal extremity than at base when viewed from side ; 

 expanded portion of third joint of antennae in Q burnt-umber-coloured, large and 

 elongate (cuneate in outline when viewed from side), terminal annuli clove-brown, 

 short. Thorax : main portion of dorsum in $ with lateral and posterior borders, 

 a complete median longitudinal stripe (very narrow in front, broader posteriorly), 

 and two broader admedian longitudinal stripes (more or less interrupted beyond 

 transverse suture) yellowish-grey pollinose ; dorsum in rf clothed for most part 

 with erect, blackish hair, but on and towards posterior border paler markings 

 clothed with yellowish hair ; dorsum of scutellum in c? with an indistinct dull 

 yellowish-grey pollinose median patch at base, produced posteriorly into a narrow 

 median stripe ; pleurae and pectus in c? dusky grey pollinose, and clothed with 

 blackish hair ; main portion of dorsum in Q , with lateral and posterior borders, 

 and three longitudinal stripes (including a narrow median stripe and two broader 

 admedian ones — the latter suddenly diminishing in width a little beyond 

 transverse suture, then broadening again, and converging posteriorly until they 

 become fused with median stripe on hind border) yellowish isabella-coloured 

 pollinose ; dorsum of scutellum in Q , except a dark brown patch on each lateral 

 border (narrowly separated from its fellow at the tip), yellowish isabella-coloured 

 pollinose ; dorsum of thorax in Q clothed with short, glistening, ochre-yellow 

 hairs, intermingled with or replaced by black hairs on dark markings ; 

 immediately in front of base of each wing is a dusky (mouse-grey or clove- 

 brown) longitudinal streak, clothed with black hair ; pleurae and pectus in Q 

 smoke-grey or yellowish-grey pollinose, clothed with yellowish hair (pectus with 



