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elongate bronzy scales, somewhat broader in 
prescutellar space; narrow supra-alar line of 
white scales as figured, anterior scales small, 
moderately elongate, becoming larger caudal- 
ly and forming a small tuft in front of wing 
root; acrostichals strong, other bristles strong, 
all dark. Scutellum brown; median lobe prom- 
inent, with four strong and one weak bristle, 
completely covered with short broad scales 
projecting slightly over base of bristles; lateral 
lobe with one weak and three stong bristles, 
completely covered with more elongate scales 
projecting strongly over base of bristles. Post- 
notum uniformly dark brown. Pleural inte- 
gument dark brown, light iridescent areas in 
line with white-scaling; scaling and chaeto- 
taxy as figured; scales white; line on apn very 
narrow, anterior scales short, posterior form- 
ing a tuft; sternopleural line with recumbent 
scales becoming semierect caudally, three or 
four scales in row, scales moderately elongate; 
one sternopleural patch restricted to lower 
part, scales white; bristles very dark and 
strong. Haltere brown at base and stem, dark- 
scaled on knob. 
Wing: Distance between cross veins about 2.0 
of m-cu. Vein R2 about 0.43 of R2+3; vein 
M]+2 about 0.8 of M beyond m-cu. Flat white 
scales dorsally on caudal margin of R to 
slightly beyond arculus and at extreme base 
of anterior margin of R; similar scales on 
basal 0. 5-0.6 of Cu; a few white scales on 
base of lA; two or three white scales on ex- 
treme base of C; remaining dorsal scales dark, 
strongly iridescent on anterior margin; fringe 
light, darker on apex. 
Legs: Coxae and trochanters dark brown, with 
translucent scales except for flat white scales 
proximally on fore and mid coxae; femora 
dark-scaled above, light-scaled below; tibiae 
dark above, appearing lighter below; fore and 
mid tarsi dark basally, lighter apically, partic- 
ularly below; hind tarsus distinctly creamy 
white beyond middle of segment 3. Leg I: 
femur 1; tibia 1.10; tarsus 0.90, 0.42, 0.26, 
0.10, 0.07. Leg II: femur 1.10, slightly swollen 
basally; tibia 1.44; tarsus 0.90, 0.48, 0.26, 0.13, 
0.08. Leg III: femur 1.07; tibia 1.22; tarsus 
1.12, 0.64, 0.50, 0.26, O.O9. 
Abdomen: Tergite 1 white-scaled except for 
small sublateral patch of dark scales; tergites 
2 and 3 with broad median white patch ex- 
tending from base to apex; tergite 4 with 
median apical patch of white scales; tergite 
5 with narrow apical transverse band of white 
scales extending to sternite; remainder of 
tergites dark-scaled; sternites with light 
brown to cream-colored scales. 
MALE (671-31).— Wing: 1.50 mm. Probos- 
cis: 1.20 mm. Front femur: 1.10 mm. 
Generally very similar to female. Proboscis 
moderately swollen. Flagellar whorls about 
0.4 of flagellum, about 30 bristles in whorl; 
penultimate segment about 3.0 of preceding, 
apical about 0.9 of penultimate. Leg I: femur 
1; tibia 1.23; tarsus 0.68, 0.46, 0.25, 0.15, 
0.09; claws equal, one broadened. Leg II: 
femur 1.15, strongly swollen basally; tibia 
1.57; tarsus 0.98, 0.47, 0.24, 0.12, 0.09, seg- 
ments 4 and 5 as figured; -smaller claw invisi- 
ble. Leg III: femur 1.12; tibia 1.41, apex 
slightly enlarged; tarsus 1.23, 0.76, 0.57, 0.30, 
0.10, white-scaling on segment 3 less ex- 
tensive than in female; claws as on foreleg. 
MALE GENITALIA (671-31).— As figured. 
Proximal border of ninth tergite deeply and 
narrowly emarginate, sclerotization evanes- 
cent in emargination; apical border shallowly 
emarginate; lateral lobe in form of a long, 
slender, heavily sclerotized tooth, prolonged 
ventrad basally as a sclerotization; median i 
bridge less than length of tooth, with a sub- | 
apical sclerotization. Proctiger without dis- !l 
tinct sclerotizations. Basal lobe of sidepiece j 
with a dorsal group of one very strong, three I 
medium, and two small bristles and a ventral jl 
group of one long and one short bristle. | 
Clasper as figured. Mesosome with a com- ' 
plete dorsal sclerotization; apex with two : 
sharp subequal spines; median part with a || 
ventrolateral lobe bearing three teeth, middle 
one longer. Paramere slender at base, expand- . 
ed in distal half and with a bifurcation apically. i 
PUPA (Exuviae of holotype, 300-212). — |l 
