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identified by the pale azure-blue bead, unbanded legs and 
abdomen, and the white lateral line in front of each wing. 
The black bristles by the roots of the wings present in some 
specimens a marked “ fan-shaped” arrangement. The labels 
bear “ Taken in 1 Force Mess,’ Old Calabar.” The upright forked 
scales of the head are also peculiar in form (vide Fig. 276). 
9. Uranotaenia Malayi. n. sp. 
Thorax black, with flat bronzy spindle-shaped scales, with 
some white ones just behind the head and in front of the roots of 
the wings. Abdomen dusky blackish-brown, with small tri¬ 
angular basal lateral white spots. Legs black ; knee spot pale; 
ungues of the female equal and simple. 
$ . Head clothed with flat black scales, with a few grey 
ones forming a pale central line, a border of creamy-white scales 
round the eyes and at the sides, a few small black upright scales 
at the back of the head ; a few black bristles projecting in front; 
antennae brown, basal joint almost black, pubescence and hairs 
blackish, each joint with narrow dark ring, from whence the 
Fig. 277. 
Uranotaenia Malayi. n. sp. 
Head (a) and wing of ?. 
verticillate hairs arise; palpi black scaled and with black 
bristles; proboscis dark brown, with short blackish bristles; eyes 
black. 
Thorax black, with scattered bronzy flat spindle-shaped 
scales, some white ones just behind the head and at the sides in 
front of the wings • numerous dark brown and black bristles 
over the roots of the wings; scutellum paler, clothed with flat 
dark scales in the middle, and on the lateral lobes, with appar¬ 
ently five dark brown central bristles and other lateral ones; 
metanotum deep chestnut-brown, with a purplish tinge; pleurae 
purplish-black and brown, with white scales. 
