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Legs blackish-brown with dull violet reflections ; femora pale 
creamy at the. base and below, fore femora spinose and all the 
tibiae, especially of the hind legs; fore ungues unequal, the 
larger biserrate, the smaller simple. 
Wings with short fork-cells ; the first a little longer and 
narrower than the second, its base nearer the apex of the wing, 
its stem longer than the cell, stem of the second fork-cell longer 
than the cell; mid cross-vein longer than the supernumerary, 
posterior as long as the mid, curved, about half its own length 
distant from it; the 2nd to 6th veins with only a single row of 
median vein scales, no lateral scales. 
Genitalia with small narrow basal lobes ; claspers as long as 
the lobes, simple with a dark terminal spine. 
Length .—5 mm. 
9 . Head very similar to the $ , but the scales not quite so 
pale and the few scanty dark fork-scales spreading more over 
the occiput ; three black chaetae only on each side on the 
ocular line ; proboscis ochreous in the middle, dark at base and 
apex, with numerous short pale hairs ; palpi about one-fourth 
the length of the proboscis, brown, with short fine hairs. 
Antennae brown, pilose. 
Thorax black with narrow-curved bronzy black scales ; paler 
behind, almost ochreous, but dark brown through the bare space 
before the scutellum, with dull golden curved scales around it 
and dark ones at the sides, the golden scales broader than the 
dark ; chaetae long, black in the middle and in front, golden 
over the roots of the wings; scutellum ochreous, darker on mid 
lobe, scales narrow-curved (?); six golden-brown posterior border- 
bristles, three on each side of the mid lobe ; metanotum ochreous 
dark in the middle ; pleurae bright ochreous with grey sheen 
and pale hairs, pale golden ones also between the dark mesonotum 
and pale pleurae. 
Abdomen black with violet reflections and basal lateral 
yellow spots and many yellow scales on the apical segment 
posterior border-bristles pale golden ; venter pale, dull ochreous. 
Legs as in the £, but the femora paler, almost ochreous in 
the hind legs, fore femora spinose and all the tibiae ; ungues 
equal and simple. 
Wings with median vein scales only to most of the veins, if 
lateral ones of pyriform shape ; fork-cells small, the first about 
the same length as the second, and narrower, its base near the 
apex of the wing, its stem a little longer than the cell; stem 
