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  JAMES 
  WATERSTON. 
  

  

  long 
  and 
  narrow 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  ; 
  apically 
  much 
  rounded, 
  with 
  

   fairly 
  long 
  posterior 
  ciliation. 
  Submarginal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  marginal. 
  Length, 
  *9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  

   breadth, 
  -2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  sessile, 
  ovate, 
  terminally 
  pointed, 
  the 
  segments 
  subequal. 
  The 
  extreme 
  

   base 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  narrowly 
  to 
  beyond 
  a 
  half, 
  dark, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  central 
  clear 
  area, 
  

   broadest 
  on 
  segments 
  2 
  and 
  3. 
  Anal 
  tergite 
  with 
  sessile 
  stylets, 
  giving 
  rise 
  to 
  three 
  

   long 
  and 
  one 
  short 
  bristle 
  ; 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  stylets 
  the 
  tergite 
  has 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  to 
  

   five 
  bristles, 
  and 
  behind 
  them 
  (but 
  mainly 
  within 
  lines 
  drawn 
  posteriorly 
  from 
  the 
  

   stylets) 
  are 
  sixteen 
  to 
  seventeen 
  bristles 
  ; 
  many 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  tergite 
  outside 
  the 
  

   stylets. 
  The 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  sparingly 
  set 
  with 
  bristles, 
  there 
  being 
  about 
  

   six 
  on 
  the 
  free 
  distal 
  portion 
  ; 
  the 
  saw 
  is 
  here 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  supporting 
  blades, 
  with 
  

   several 
  teeth 
  at 
  somewhat 
  long 
  intervals 
  ; 
  the 
  free 
  portion 
  of 
  sheath 
  one- 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  (fig. 
  15. 
  h) 
  and 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  dark, 
  the 
  rest 
  pale. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  16. 
  

  

  Syntomosphyrum 
  glossinae, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   chaetotaxy 
  of 
  mesonotum. 
  

  

  ?; 
  

  

  Legs 
  concolorous 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  only 
  the 
  claws 
  darker 
  ; 
  their 
  broader 
  surfaces, 
  

   e.g., 
  on 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  faintly 
  reticulate. 
  Fore 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  coxa, 
  

   pear-shaped, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  with 
  six 
  to 
  seven 
  minute 
  bristles 
  on 
  outer 
  ventral 
  

   aspect. 
  Femur 
  moderately 
  swollen, 
  nearly 
  thrice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  both 
  surfaces 
  

   with 
  numerous 
  minute 
  bristles, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  twelve 
  to 
  fourteen 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  ; 
  

   the 
  ventral 
  edge 
  bare, 
  save 
  for 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  short 
  bristles 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  subapical 
  

   sub 
  ventral 
  posterior 
  bristle 
  dark 
  and 
  fairly 
  strong. 
  Tibia 
  very 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  femur, 
  covered 
  sparsely 
  but 
  evenly 
  with 
  bristles 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  and 
  with 
  rows 
  

   on 
  both 
  edges, 
  two 
  apical 
  ventral 
  bristles 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  (seven) 
  of 
  short 
  

   hyaline 
  spines 
  on 
  outer 
  aspect. 
  Tarsal 
  joints 
  — 
  17 
  : 
  24 
  : 
  19 
  : 
  30 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  depressed, 
  

   thinner 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge, 
  where 
  are 
  seven 
  single 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  inferior 
  edge, 
  with 
  

   two 
  much 
  stronger 
  ones 
  apically 
  ; 
  on 
  inner 
  ventral 
  edge 
  about 
  four 
  pairs 
  of 
  stronger 
  

   bristles 
  ; 
  joints 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  neither 
  depressed 
  nor 
  inequilaterally 
  thinned, 
  with 
  several 
  short 
  

   bristles 
  on 
  dorsal 
  surface, 
  and 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  (singles 
  or 
  doubles) 
  on 
  ventral 
  aspect. 
  

   Mid 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  coxae 
  quadrate, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  (4 
  : 
  3), 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  longitudinal 
  

  

  