Genus Pecomyia. 



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Legs ochreous, with scattered black, grey and ochreous scales, 

 apex of femora, tibiae and tarsi mostly dark scaled, the first 

 tarsals with white basal bands, also the second and third tarsals 

 of fore and mid legs and all those of the hind pair ; fore and 

 mid ungues equal uniserrated \ hind equal (?uniserrate). 



Wings with mottled brown and grey scales ; most of the vein 

 scales broad and truncated, all the median ones are so ; the first, 



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Fig. 83. 

 Wing of Pecomyia metadata. 9 • Theobald. 



third, apical portions of fourth and fifth with thin straight 

 lateral scales uniformly disposed; fork-cells short, first sub- 

 marginal longer and narrower than the second posterior, their 

 bases about level, stem of the first sub-marginal nearly two- 



Fig. 84. 

 Another wing of Pecomyia metadata. 9 • Theobald. 



thirds the length of the cell, stem of the second posterior as long 

 as the cell ; posterior cross-vein about its own length distant 

 from the mid. Halteres very pale ochreous. 



Length. — 4*8 mm. 



$ . Similar to the 9 in general appearance, but the thorax 

 shows some trace of ornamentation. 



The palpi are brown with flaxen brown hair-tufts, and with 

 two pale bands and traces of another posteriorly ; proboscis 

 mostly dark scaled, but with a median pale band and a few 

 scattered pale scales on the base. 



