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from the mid ; scales dense, straight, and rather thick on the 
apex of the wing. 
Length .— 3 mm. 
4. Head similar to 9 > hut with more prominent, dark, 
upright, forked scales. Thorax and abdomen as in the 9 • 
Legs with under side of femora pale at base ; fore and mid ungues 
unequal, both large and small are uniserrate ; hind small, equal 
Fig. 108. 
Wing of Eumelanomyia inconspicuosa. <j\ n. sp. 
and simple. Wings with short fork-cells, the first longer and 
narrower than the second, its base nearer the base of the wing 
its stem a little more than half the length of the cell, stem of 
the second posterior as long as the cell; posterior cross-vein 
three times its own length distant from the mid. 
The male palpi not quite as long as the proboscis, blunt at; 
apex, which bears long chaetae, no signs of hair-tufts. 
Genitalia with the clasper, with short thick spines on its 
edge near apex and one lateral spine ; two foliate plates below, 
and the lateral process of the 
basal lobe near its apex, with 
three long broad chaetae,, 
four short ones acutely 
elbowed near the apices. 
Length .—3 mm. 
Habitat. — Obuasi, Ash¬ 
anti (Dr. Graham). 
Time of capture. —7. 21. 
viii., 29. ix., 2. x., and 
20. xi. 07. 
Observations. — Caught on bush paths and in the bush, 11 a.m. 
Described from several £’s and 9’s. It is a very obscure 
species, and unless examined microscopically would not be 
separated from several others described here. The differences, 
however, are great. The male genitals differ markedly, also the 
Eumelanomyia inconspicuosa. n. sp. 
clasper, etc. 
