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mate ( segment with brilliant ruby reflections; anterior half of 
anal tuft black, the rest rich orange ; there are white lateral 
spots to first, second, third and fifth segments ; venter blue with 
white scales on the fifth segment. 
Legs dark violet; coxae with some white scales ; mid and hind 
femora dull bronzy-yellow beneath with white reflections in some 
lights, and in the hind tibiae this colour extends to the upper 
surface on the inside; first segment of mid and hind tarsi with a 
dusky Avhite band ; second segment almost entirely white forming 
Fig. 40. 
Apex of ? palp of Toxorhynchites marshallii. Theobald. 
a distinct broad band ; second tarsal segment to fore legs with 
an inconspicuous basal band of dusky white scales; fore, mid and 
hind ungues equal and simple. 
Length .—9 to 10 mm., exclusive of the proboscis.” 
Additional localities .—Tshumbiri and Coquilhatville, Congo 
Free State (Rev. and Mrs. Billington) ; Obuasi (Graham), one 9 
and two $ ’s. 
Time of capture. —March, April, June and November in the 
Congo Free State, and June, Obuasi. 
Observations .—Newstead records the following supplied by 
