Genus Reedomyia. 263 



pale greenish-brown scales and upright forked scales, small flat 

 yellowish-brown, then black, then silvery- white scales ; paler 

 around the eyes ; chaetae black ; antennae and proboscis black, 

 the latter with some dull ochreous scales above in the middle ; 

 palpi black scaled with apical white scales and a narrow white 

 band beneath ; swollen apically. Basal segment of antennae 

 with grey sheen on the summit ; clypeus dark brown with some 

 small flat grey scales. 



Thorax deep brown, with narrow-curved rich brown scales, 

 six silvery-white puncta, the two anterior close to the head, the 

 mid and posterior further apart; some grey scales before the 

 scutellum ; scutellum with flat silvery-white scales ; pleurae deep 

 brown, with patches of flat white scales. 



Abdomen deep blackish-brown, with basal white bands, no 

 lateral spots ; border-bristles brown. Venter deep brown with 

 irregular white scales. 



Legs with femora deep blackish-brown, with scattered grey 

 scales and a prominent white ring towards the apex ; tibiae dark 

 with a white band towards the basal half of the fore pair, in 

 the middle of the mid and hind legs ; anterior and mid legs with 

 the first tarsal and next two tarsals with basal white bands, the 

 hind with broad white bands to all the segments, except the 

 last, which is pure white; fore and mid ungues equal and 

 uniserrate, hind equal and simple. 



Wings with dense brown scales, the lateral ones moderately 

 thick ; fork-cells short, the first sub- marginal a little longer and 

 much narrower than the second posterior cell, its base nearer 

 the base of the wing, its stem not quite so long as the cell ; stem 

 of the second posterior longer than the cell ; posterior cross-vein 

 rather more than twice its own length distant from the mid. 



Length. — 3 ■ 5 mm, 



Habitat— Sierra Leone (Major P. Smith, R.A.M.C.). 



Observations. — Described from $? 's collected by Major F. 

 Smith which show some variation in regard to the number of 

 white scales on the legs, but the species can at once be identified 

 by the band on the tibiae. 



Reedomyia biannulata* n. sp. 



Head brown ; palpi of $ brown ; proboscis unhanded. Thorax 

 rich bright brown ; scutellum silvery white. Abdomen deep 

 brown with basal wliifce bands and lateral basal spots. Legs 



