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Halteres ochraceous, with a dusky knob. 
Length. —2*5 to 3 mm. 
£. Very similar to the 9- Antennae grey, with brown 
bands at the verticils, hairs brown ; basal joint large, globular, 
testaceous; palpi very small, dark brown; proboscis brown, 
expanded as in the 9 ungues (Fig. 273, d) of the fore and mid 
legs very unequal, sickle-shaped, simple, the smaller one not so 
curved as the larger ; hind ungues equal and simple. 
Venation very similar to that of the 9 • On the prothoracic 
lobes, which are white, are a few long brown bristles. 
Ijength. —2 • 8 mm. 
Habitat. —Bonny (Annett). 
Time of capture. —May. 
Observations. —Described from two $’s and seven 9’ s * n 
Dr. Annett’s collection. It is a very distinct TJranotaenia, 
easily told by the apical abdominal banding and the very 
distinct and contrasted dark brown and grey sides. The head 
seems very small and much tucked under the thorax, even for 
an TJranotaenia. 
5. TJranotaenia N atariae. Arribalzaga. 
(Dipt. Argentina, p. 64.) 
Thorax dark fawn, with a darker median line; a long pale 
blue spot on each side in front of the wings; prothoracic lobes 
blue. Abdomen black, with pearly bands. Legs testaceous at 
the base, tarsi darker, unbanded. 
9 . Head testaceous, clothed behind with pale blue scales ; 
palpi deep piceous; proboscis piceous, brown at the base, with 
short fuscous piiosity; eyes black, with a silvery border. 
Thorax dark fawn, darkest in the middle; on each side in front 
of the wings is a long blue-scaled patch ; prothoracic lobes blue 
scaled ; pleurae pearly. 
Abdomen piceous, testaceous at the base, with pearly bands. 
Legs pale testaceous, with the apices of the femora, tibiae 
and tarsi dark brown. 
Wings limpid, with fuscous scales, which appear pale blue in 
places. Halteres pale reddish, with the knobs fuscous. 
$. The $ has the apical half of the proboscis with long- 
fuscous hairs. 
Length. —2 to 2*5 mm. 
