Genus Melanoconion. 513 



eyes, numerous dark upright forked scales with deep violet 

 reflections and dull pale grey scales at the sides of the head ; 

 clypeus deep brown ; proboscis deep brown unhanded ; palpi deep 

 brown with long black chaetae, the apical segment long ; antennae 

 deep brown, basal segment large, rather paler, with almost 

 testaceous hue on one side. 



Thorax black, clothed with scattered narrow-curved bronzy 

 scales and black chaetae, with a few almost golden ones on each 

 side of the scutellum ; scutellum paler, with narrow-curved bronzy 

 and some dull golden ones, the mid lobe with six black chaetae ; 

 scutellum deep brown ; pleurae deep brown with grey sheen 

 (scales ?). 



Abdomen deep brown, unhanded, with basal lateral white 

 spots and pale golden border-bristles. 



Legs deep brown, the hind legs with dull pale apical and 

 basal bands, the last segment pale beneath, showing in a marked 

 manner, the pale banding not so distinct in the fore and mid 

 legs ; ungues small, equal and simple ; a whitish knee spot present. 



Wings with dense large scales especially on the apical areas 

 of the veins, some thin lateral ones on the stems of the second, 

 fourth, and on the branches of the fifth ; first sub-marginal cell 

 much longer but little narrower than the second posterior cell, its 



Fig. 233. 

 Wing of female Melanoconion annulipes. ( ? .) n. sp. 



base nearer the base of the wing, its stem about one-fifth the length 

 of the cell \ stem of the second posterior cell slightly more than 

 half the length of the cell ; posterior cross-vein longer than the 

 mid, about one and a half times its own length distant from it. 



Length. — 3 mm. 



Habitat. — Red Hills, Jamaica, W.I. (Dr. Grabham). 



Observations. — A very distinct species with banded legs. The 

 last hind tarsal appears almost white in the specimen, but I think 

 the pale scales are only on the ventral aspect. Described from 

 one perfect $ . 



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