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segment the longest, the second and third sub-equal, and slightly longer than 
the first. Above the gular plate there are two hairs, and two more, slightly 
shorter, occur above these. 
Thorax. The prothorax is winged, with two short spines, a long hair, and 
another short spine on each side, and a row of eight hairs on the posterior 
margin. The scapulars and interscapular bar are less developed than is usual 
in this family. On the prosternum there is a plate, and beneath this another 
plate, which extends on to the metasternum, the shape of these being shown 
in PL XII, Fig. 2. The metathorax has a row of about ten hairs on the posterior 
margin, and a long hair and several short spines at the postero-lateral angles. 
On the ventral surface, between the mid and hind coxae there is an incon¬ 
spicuous plate clothed with shortish hairs. 
Legs. The coxae are elongated; the second and third pairs each with five 
short spines, two being situated near the apex and three at the apex. Hind 
femora without a tuft of hairs or spines on the ventral surface. Mid and hind 
tibiae with several short spines near the apex. 
The abdomen is elongate-oval, being broadest at the fourth segment. The 
tergites each with a pale brown transverse band, and a series of hairs on the 
posterior margin.; On each sternite there is a dark transverse band, with three 
irregular rows of hairs on it, and with three or four short spines at the postero¬ 
lateral margins of the bands. The transverse band on the first sternite narrows 
out to a point at either end, and the bands on sternites six and seven are 
fused together. On the eighth sternite there is a narrow longitudinal blotch on 
either side of the median line, which broadens out posteriorly. The borders 
of the vulva are closely beset with a row of fine hairs. 
The pleurites are dark brown, with several short hairs in the middle, and 
a row of longer ones and one or two spines on their posterior margins. 
Male. The male resembles the female, except for the markings on the 
venter of the terminal segments, as will be seen by comparing PI. XII, figs. 1 
and 3, the former of which shows the ventral markings on the terminal 
abdominal segments. 
The general form of the genitalia can be seen in Fig. 1. 
Measurements in millimetres. 
Female Male 
Length 
Breadth 
Length 
Breadth 
Head 
0-26 
0-6 
0-23 
0-51 
Prothorax 
013 
0-44 
01 
0-35 
Metathorax 
015 
0-56 
Oil 
0-41 
Abdomen 
109 
0*86 
0-7 
0-56 
Total 
1-63 
114 
Described from one ? and one <? taken from a Waxbill at Onderstepoort. 
Pretoria, on 14. xn. 1918. 
