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narrower than the second, its base slightly nearer the base of 
the wing, its stem about half the length of the cell, stem of the 
Fig. 55. 
Stegomyia lilii. ?. n. sp. 
second posterior not quite as long as the cell; posterior cross-vein 
about the same length as the mid, about its own length distant 
from it. 
Length .—4 * 5 mm. 
$. Head as in the 9 1 palpi as long as the proboscis, blunt, 
no hair tufts, a few black bristles, black, a ventral white area at 
the base of the apical segment, a broad median white band and a 
narrow basal one ; antennae banded black and white with black 
plume hairs. 
Thorax as in the 9 > but the median thin yellow lines curve 
around the bare space in front of the scutellum and reach it, the 
last part being composed of broader curved scales.* 
Abdomen and legs as in the 9 j fore and mid ungues unequal 
and simple ; hind equal and simple. 
Length .—4*5 mm. 
Habitat .—Bor (H. King). 
Time of capture. —26. v. 09. 
Observations .—Hescribed from one 9 and one £. A very 
marked and beautiful species, identified at once by the thoracic 
ornamentation. 
Mr. Harold King bred them from larvae living in water 
collected at the base of lily leaves about a mile inland from Bor. 
Mr. King noticed in the type as follows: “ From beneath 
the hind ungues on the left leg of the 9 is a process not present 
on the right leg.” 
Types in the British Museum. 
* This probably also occurs in^the $ as there are traces of these larger 
scales. 
