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Glossina fuscipes, n. sp. 
This tsetse fly may be readily distinguished from GL. palpalis, 
Rob.-Desv., by its much smaller size, by the uniformly infuscated 
or dusky legs, and the dusky grey thorax. In size it resembles 
G. tachinoides, West, but it is a relatively stouter built insect; and 
altogether it is most like a dwarfed specimen of Gl. palpalis with 
infuscated legs and a dusky thorax. The genital armature 
resembles those of Gl. palpalis and GL tachinoides in its general 
form; but the shape of the superior claspers and the inferior 
claspers are markedly distinct from those of either of these insects. 
Length. — mm.; length of wing, 8 mm. 
MALE.—Head: Frontal stripe yellowish brown, margins dusky 
white; ocellar triangle buff, enclosing a very dark brown spot. 
Antennae grey; arista dark brown ventrally. Palpi smoky brown, 
with a paler narrow median line. Proboscis with the bulb dark 
castaneous. 
Thorax with a median dark grey rectangular area extending 
from the front to the scutellum, the sides of which are perfectly 
straight and parallel, on either side of this grey area are two 
greyish-black, and somewhat triangular blotches, evidently 
remnants of those found in other species of Glossina; scutellum 
dark grey, with a very faint pale grey median line, margins bull; 
sides of the lateral thoracic depressions dark brown or almos 
black; pleurae dark grey. 
Abdomen resembling that of GL palpalis , but the bilateral 
banding faintly pronounced; lateral margins with pale angu ai 
areas. 
Legs strongly and almost uniformly infuscated (dark grey); 
femora with the basal and ventral portions ochreous buff; hind tarsi 
all dark brown or almost black. 
Wings. — Anterior transverse vein strongly and su en y 
incrassate at its junction with the third longitudinal vein. 
Habitat.—T he only example which we possess of this interesting 
tsetse fly was taken by Dr. Shircore, at Nimule, P rov ^ c > 
Uganda. Fortunately it proved to be a male, otherwise it ma\ 
passed as a small dusky form of Gl ossina palpalis. _ 
* The data here given arc taken from Dr. Shircore’, letter ; the actual locality is not stated by 
him. R. N. 
