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Abdomen dark ochreous and brown with dense outstanding 
dark broadly expanded scales in places, more appressed in others 
with basal patches of median outstanding scales, which are more 
numerous on the apical segments, each segment with lateral, 
basal, outstanding, broadly expanded white scales and black 
apical ones. 
Legs ochreous with loosely appressed and outstanding black 
and white scales | fore femora with most of the outstanding 
scales black, white ones at the base, a few in the middle, and 
many at the apex; fore tibiae with dark outstanding scales, a 
broad band of snowy-white ones at the apex; metatarsi and 
tarsi bright ochreous, the scales much more closely appressed, 
some black chaetae; mid legs similar to the fore but with a few 
black outstanding scales on the metatarsi, and the tibiae more 
densely black-scaled ; hind legs with the white apical tibial band 
not so broad, the metatarsi with many dark outstanding scales, 
the first three tarsals with fine outstanding pure white scales, 
except at their apices where the outstanding scales are yellow 
with a few with dusky tips; most of the last tarsal with 
yellowish scales, a few white ones in the middle; ungues dark, 
all equal and uniserrate. 
Wings tinged with black, white and ochreous scales, the 
latter most numerous on the costal, sub-costal and first long vein, 
and forming a distinct spot just before the apex of the wing, 
spreading on to the outer branch of the second long vein ; the 
veins mostly clothed with dark scales; the areas of the cross¬ 
veins tinged with brown ; first sub-marginal cell longer and 
narrower than the second posterior cell, its base about level with 
that of the latter, its stem about two-thirds the length of the 
cell; stem of the second posterior cell mostly pale scaled, about 
as long as the cell ; the third long vein close to the second ; 
posterior cross-vein slightly nearer the apex of the wing than the 
mid; fringe dark, a small pale area at the junction of the third 
long vein and the costa, a small pale area between the fourth and 
fifth veins, another between the branches of the latter, and a 
broad one past the sixth vein. Halteres with ochreous stems, 
slightly fuscous knobs with white scales. 
Length .—9 * 5 mm. 
Habitat. —Obuasi, Ashanti (Dr. Graham). 
Time of capture. —12. vi. 07. 
Observations .—Described from a nearly perfect female, caught 
on bush path. This is a very distinct Mucidus, noticed at once 
