Genus Eretmapodites. 
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pXLLT 
Legs as in chrysogaster, but the hind tarsi are unfeathered ; 
ungues, first pair unequal, simple ; second pair unequal, simple ; 
third pair equal, simple. The terminal segment of the tarsus of 
the first pair has two strong teeth inserted immediately behind 
the joint. The terminal segment of the 
second pair has two short thick teeth, 
differing in shape and insertion from 
those of the first pair. There are no 
teeth on the tarsi of the third pair. 
Wings as in chrysog aster, but first sub¬ 
marginal cell is about one-third of its 
length longer than the second posterior, 
and the stem of the first submarginal cell 
is about one-half the length of the cell. 
The supernumerary and mid-cross-veins 
are close together, the posterior cross-vein 
about its own length towards the base of 
the wing; genitalia, the claspers are long 
and curved, and without terminal articu¬ 
late spine, and generally as in chrysogcister. 
Length .—5 mm. 
9 . Head as in male ; antennae less 
plumose, and as in female chrysogcister ; 
palpi short, black, acuminate. 
Abdomen as in male almost exactly, 
the dorsal silvery band on the seventh 
segment being incomplete in the middle 
line, as in male. 
Jiazr 
Legs as in male ; ungues, first pair 
Fig. 250. 
Eretmapodites melanopous. 
Graham. 
V ngues of $ (Graham). 
equal, uniserrate; second pair equal, uni- 
serrate ; third pair equal, simple. 
Wings as in male, but first sub-mar¬ 
ginal cell is one-fourth of its length longer 
than the second posterior cell, and the stem of the first sub¬ 
marginal cell is somewhat more than one-third the length of 
the cell. Cross-veins as in the male ; sixth vein as in the male. 
Length .—6 mm. 
Habitat .—Obuasi in June, July, August, October, and 
November, in bush, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.” (Graham). 
Types in the British Museum. 
