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Exoprosopa abjecta, n. sp. 
cl $ . Head ; frons at level of antennae about | the width of head, at vertex 
rather more than half as wide as at antennae; blackish at vertex, reddish towards 
antennae, becoming paler near mouth edge ; facial bump viewed in profile about 
f the short diameter of the eye ; frons and face thickly covered with greyish white 
scaly hairs, which are longer near antennae ; antennae daik red, 3rd joint more 
or less darkened, gradually tapering, rather longer than the 1st and 2nd joints 
taken together ; style about half the length of 3rd joint ; 1st joint with thick 
greyish hairs, 2nd with short black bristly ones. 
Thorax blackish, covered with gi'ey scales ; pronotum wth a collar of very pale 
yellowish hairs ; thorax below and at the sides with rather long grey hairs ; 
scutellum dark red, with grey scales; base of wings, postalar calli, and scutellum 
with long yellow bristles. 
Abdomen both above and below covered with short greyish scales ; 2nd seg- 
ment above with a transverse apical band of dark brown scales, and 3rd segment 
with indications of a similar band ; the ground colour of the abdomen is black, 
but the sides and apical margins of all the segments are red. 
Legs red, tarsi blackish ; femora and tibiae more or less covered with grey 
scales, and with short black spinules on intermediate and hind legs. 
Wings light bro ’.n, darker at extreme base ; an ill-defined oblique darker band 
runs from the middle of the anterior margin to the anal cell ; the apical portion 
of the 4th longitudinal vein is strongly curved, the 1st posterior cell being either 
just open or closed on the margin (in one specimen closed and short stalked) ; all 
the cross veins have darker suffusions ; in the apical portion of wing the longitud- 
inal veins are lighter margined, leaving the middle of the cells darker ; the 2nd 
posterior cell is slightly wider at apex than at base ; base of costa with yellowish 
grey scales, mixed with short black bristles ; halteres yellowish white. 
Length 9-12 mm. 
Described from eight specimens obtained at Deesa in March and April. 
The oblique median wing band varies considerably in intensity ; in some speci- 
mens it is very noticeable, while in others it is scarcely darker than the rest of the 
wing. The ground colour of the abdomen varies from mainly red to mainly 
black. There appears to be little or no difference in the width of frons in 
the sexes. 
Exoprosopa penrvata, n. sp. 
(S . Head with frons at antennae about J the width of head, at vertex about 
J as vide as at antennae ; frons black; with short stiff black hairs and traces of 
white scales; face black, covered with sin'ilar black hairs and a few white scales 
near eye-margins ; antennae with 1st joint dark red, with stiff black hairs, 2nd 
joint black, 3rd dark red, blackish at base, gradually tapering, with similarly 
coloured style, which is about ^ the length of joint ; proboscis and palpi black at 
base, becoming reddish at apex ; occiput with whitish scales near eye-margins. 
Thorax black ; pronotum with a collar of greyish black hairs, dorsum covered 
with iridescent blue scales; a patch of snow-white scales near base of wings, the 
remainder of sides with stiff black hairs, mixed with a few grey ones; a few short 
black bristles near wing-base, and similar longer ones on postalar calli ; scutellum 
black, with traces of blue scales, and black marginal bristles. Abdomen black, 
covered with iridescent blue scales ; 1st segment with a conspicuous patch of 
snow-white scaly hairs on each side ; sides of the remaining segments with 
shorter and stiffer black hairs ; venter with the basal white patches on Is*' 
segment extended below, and traces of white scales on segments 2-5. 
Legs black, fore tibiae and tarsi rufescent, intermediate tibiae with several 
rows of moderately long spinules; a patch of white scaly hairs on posterior coxae; 
the posterior femora at tip and the whole of the posterior tibiae covered with long 
and dense browmish black scales. 
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