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two basal lateral white spots ; posterior border-bristles slight, 

 very pale golden ; venter with creamy scales. 



Legs brown, pale basally, femora and tibiae spiny ; in the fore 

 legs the second to fourth tarsals have basal white bands, and there 

 is a small pale knee spot, and another at the tibio-metatarsal 

 joint ; in the mid legs there is a pale spot at the base of the 

 tibia, and all the other segments have basal white bands, the last 

 tarsal with a very indistinct one ; on the tibiae pale reflection 

 may be noticed in certain lights, giving them a dull grey hue, 

 especially on the apical half; in the hind legs there are pale 

 basal bands to all the segments except the last tarsal ; ungues 

 all equal and simple. 



Wings with dark brown and very pale brown scales in lines, 

 in some lights the paler scales seem almost grey ; the paler scales 

 occur on the second long vein and its branches, on the fourth 

 long vein and the basal part of its upper branch, the thin lateral 

 scales of the third, fourth and fifth veins are also pale ; the first, 

 third, lower branch of the fourth, apex of the upper branch and 

 the fifth noticeably dark scaled, the median vein scales being 

 broad and spatulate, with a central row of much smaller ones ; 

 first sub-marginal cell longer and slightly narrower than the 

 second posterior cell, its stem about one-half the length of the 

 cell, its base about level with that of the second posterior cell, 

 the stem of which is about half the length of the cell rather 

 more than three times its own length distant from the mid ; 

 border-scales of fringe spatulate, rather large and very dark, 

 fringe scales paler with violet reflections. 



Halteres pale. 



Length. — 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Kobe, Japan (Mr. Cornford). 



Time of capture. — September. 



Observations. — Very similar to gelidus, Theobald, but much 

 slighter in build and with longer legs. The thoracic ornamenta- 

 tion is very marked, the two dark areas projecting into the pale 

 scaled region showing very prominently. The light and dark 

 colouring of the wings is also pronounced, and gives them almost 

 a striped appearance in some lights. 



