Genus Reedomyia. 
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yellowish bands, to some extent spreading on to the apices 
of the segments; mid legs with apical and basal yellow 
tarsal banding, last segment yellowish to clay-coloured; in 
the hind legs the banding the same 
as the mid ; fore and mid ungues 
equal and uniserrate. 
Wings with brown scales, a snow- 
white spot at the base; first fork-cell 
longer and narrower than the second 
fork-cell, its base a little nearer the 
apex of the wing, its stem not quite 
as long as the cell, as is also the stem 
of the second fork-cell; posterior 
cross-vein twice its own length dis¬ 
tant from the mid; halteres wnth 
pale stem and fuscous knob. 
Length .—4 to 4 • 3 mm. 
£. Palpi longer than the pro¬ 
boscis, brown with ochreous shades, 
the apical segment shorter than the 
penultimate, long brown hairs on 
one side of the two top segments 
and apex of the antepenultimate, 
increasing in length from the apex 
downwards, some hairs on the 
opposite side of the apical segment, 
brown. 
Thorax, abdomen and legs much as in the ? . Fore and mid 
ungues unequal and uniserrate ; hind unequal and simple. 
Fig. 123. 
Reedomyia lowisii. 6- 
n. sp. 
Plume hairs of antennae 
Fig. 124. 
Wing of Reedomyia lowisii. 
n. sp. 
Wings with short fork-cells, the £rst about the same length 
and very little narrower than the second, its base nearer the 
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