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the wings below, and one at the root of the wings; scutellum 
with three patches of flat white scales and black border-bristles, 
eight unequal sized ones to the mid lobe ; pleurae chestnut-brown, 
with a white patch ; metanotum chestnut-brown. 
Abdomen steely-black, with blackish-brown scales, laterally 
with silvery-white basal spots; venter dark scaled, with rather 
short pale hairs; the lateral spots are not always quite basal. 
Wings rather dusky-brown; veins clothed with brown scales, 
the lateral ones rather long and broad; first sub-marginal cell 
a little longer and narrower than the second posterior cell, its 
base a little nearer the base of the wing than that of the second 
posterior cell; posterior cross-vein about its own length distant 
from the mid cross-vein ; a pure, not very white, spot at the 
base. 
Legs deep .brownish-black, apex of the fore and mid femora 
with a minute white patch or spot, which is much larger in the 
hind legs, hind femora with a silvery spot also near the apex, 
and yellow scaled ventrally; tibiae also with an apical silvery- 
white spot, which is very large in the hind legs, moderate in the 
fore, and almost absent in the mid legs; ungues of the fore and 
mid legs equal and uniserrated, equal and simple in the hind 
pair. 
Halteres ochraceous-brown, with a black scaled knob. 
Length .—3-8 mm. 
Habitat .—Old Calabar (Annett). 
Time of capture. —April. 
Observations. — Described from three 9 s in Dr. Annett’s 
collection. They were all taken in the Vice-Consulate at Old 
Calabar, and so appear to be more or less a domestic species. It 
has a very distinct thoracic ornamentation, and cannot readily be 
confused with any other Uranotcienia I have yet seen. 
7. Uranotaenia pygmaea. n. sp. 
Thorax black, covered with narrow shiny pale bronzy scales, 
with a short clear silvery-white line on each side just in front of 
the wings, another small white spot on the prothoracic lobes and 
others on the pleurae. Abdomen dusky brown ; pale cream- 
coloured bands along the apical borders—these are sometimes 
indistinct; venter grey. Legs deep purplish-black to dull black, 
coxae, bases and venter of femora pallid. Wings with purplish- 
black scales and with a line of silvery-white scales at the base. 
