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Conopomyia Hybrida. n. sp. 
Head black entirely covered with pale olive-brown spatulate scales 
and a few black upright ones confined to the nape. Thorax black with 
pale yellow narrow-curved scales on the anterior margin and in front of the 
scutellum and blackish-brown scales elsewhere. Abdomen deep purple 
with ochraceous basal bands. Legs unbanded. 
Female Head .—Black completely clothed with pale copper coloured or 
olive-brown spatulate scales. On the nape are a few black upright scales 
with serrated free ends. Basal joint of antenna black with a few hairs on 
the inner face, second joint dusky-brown with a few black scales near its 
base as long as any two succeeding joints, remaining joints purple-brown 
with dark verticils. Palpi and proboscis clad with black scales. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes with black spatulate scales. Mesonotum 
deep purple-brown in front paler brown behind, clad with blackish-brown 
scales on the anterior margin and in front of the scutellum. Scutellum black 
with pale yellow narrow-curved scales on the middle lobe and black ones 
on the lateral lobes. Pleurae colourless and translucent and without scales. 
Wings with black scales. The scales are broad spatulate and only median 
scales are present; fork cells very short about equal in length, the base 
of the second nearest the wing base the stem of the first nearly twice as long 
as the cell; posterior cross-vein less than its own length from the median. 
Coxae creamy; fore femora creamy with a few dark purple-brown 
scales above near the apex and a patch of creamy scales at the apex, hmd 
femora creamy below, deep brown above. Tibiae ochraceous at the apices , 
tarsi deep purple-brown. Ungues equal and simple. 
Abdomen .—Deep purple with ochraceous basal bands ; above these bands 
broaden out laterally. Venter indistinguishable owing to retraction. 
Male Head .—Completely covered with broad spatulate scales in 
imbricate rows. When fresh these scales are of a bronzy-purple but dry 
they fade to a dingy white or ochraceous. On the nape there are a few 
rows of black upright scales. Basal joint of antenna deep brown, second 
joint light brown with a ring of dark brown scales, remaining joints light 
brown with dark brown rings at the insertions of the verticils. Plumes pale 
ochraceous with black tips. Palpi as long as the proboscis with greatly 
enlarged ultimate joint which is clad with purple scales and dark brown 
spines, penultimate joint long and slender enlarged at its apex which is clad 
with dark purple scales and a ring of dingy white scales in the centre. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes dark brown with dark brown bristles. 
Mesonotum brown with dark purple patches clad with golden-brown or 
bronzy narrow-curved scales. Scutellum dark brown with creamy 
narrow-curved scales. Pleurae pale ochraceous. V\ ings with broad 
spatulate lateral scales and very short fork cells. Owing to position of 
wing a distinct view cannot be obtained. Posterior cross-vein a little less 
than its own length from median. Coxae and bases of femora ochraceous. 
All legs clad with purple-brown scales without bands, bore and mid 
ungues unequal larger unguis in each uni-serrate. 
Abdomen .—With dark purple-brown scales above each segment with 
a narrow basal band of dingy white scales. Venter dingy white. 
