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than the second posterior cell, 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 slightly longer than the cell; 
posterior cross-vein about its own length distant from the mid. 
Halteres dark brown. 
Length. —2 to 2 • 5 mm. 
£. Two long nearly parallel black chaetae project forward 
between the eyes. Antennae verticillate, very like the 9 • 
Clypeus similarly elongated and the 
short palpi thin; the proboscis rather 
shorter, the swollen end more pro¬ 
nounced, with pale scales at its base, 
a great number of hairs just below 
it on one side all markedly curved 
at their apices ; at the apex is a 
complicated apparatus, composed of 
two semi-transparent broad acumi¬ 
nate lamellae above, two distinct 
short fish-hook shaped hairs, a brown 
acuminate lamella below and similar 
long hairs as in the 9 • 
Thorax and abdomen as in 
the 9 • 
seem quite normal, with long simple 
claspers. Wing venation very similar to the female, but the 
fork-cells of more equal length. Fore and mid ungues small, 
unequal, but simple, hind very small, equal and simple. 
Length .—3 mm. 
Habitat.—' Obuasi, Ashanti (Dr. Graham). 
Time of capture. —27. vi. 07, and 29. ix. 07. 
Observations .—Described from two 9’ s an d one £. They 
were caught in the bush. The species can at once be told by 
the brilliant line on the mesonotum and the marked abdominal 
ornamentation, there being no trace of silvery spots on the third 
segment. 
Types in the British Museum. 
Harpagomyia splendens. Meijere (1909). 
Tijdsch. v. Entom. LII., 167 (1909). 
Harpagomyia trichorestris. ?. 
Apex of abdomen. 
The male genitalia 
n. sp. 
Batavia in February and August and Semarang in March. 
The thorax is shiny dark brown with a mid line of silvery 
