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Legs with the femora of a uniform yellowish-brown in¬ 
ternally, externally with patches of black or dark brown and 
white scales forming one especially noticeable large patch of 
white near the end of the mid and hind femora, the anterior 
ones with more uniform yellowish-brown coloration; tibiae 
mottled with dark brown and white scales, especially above ; 
metatarsi and first two tarsi of the fore legs apically banded 
white, last two joints black ; metatarsus and first tarsal of the 
mid legs apically banded, the second tarsal with a small white 
apical spot; hind metatarsus and first three hind tarsi with 
broad apical white bands, last tarsal joint pure white : the 
greater part of the preceding one also white. 
Wings with the black costa broken by one large and three 
smaller pale spots, pure yellowish white at the root ; three 
distinct dark patches along the costa, the middle being the most 
conspicuous; veins clothed with yellowish-white scales and 
small patches of black scales, numbering about twenty ; three 
on the sixth long vein, one near the base of the fifth, one at its 
fork, one at the tip of the lower branch of the fork, and three 
on the upper branch ; two large patches on the fourth, which 
extend to the fork and an apical spot on each branch of the second 
posterior cell; three on the third longitudinal, one near its apex, 
the other two further back and close together; second longi¬ 
tudinal with one at its root, one on each branch of the fork at 
the base and two more on the lower branch. First longitudinal 
white, with one large and several small black spots. Fringe 
black except at the end of the veins, where it is yellow. 
Halteres pale with dark knobs. 
Length. — 8 mm. 
£ . Antennae banded, with chestnut-brown plumes ; palpi 
with the last joint very much swollen, partly covered with white 
scales, general colour brown; a white ring at the apex of the 
first joint and white scales on the next; hair tufts golden. 
Length. —7 mm. 
Habitat. —Cairo (Keatinge) ; Central Africa (Marshall). 
Time of capture .—April in Mashonaland ; January in Egypt. 
Observations. —Two specimens of this insect, a £ and 9 > 
were sent by Dr. H. E. Keatinge from Cairo; they were taken 
in the neighbourhood of the town in the fayum, and were 
pointed out by Dr. Keatinge as probably a new species (letter 
to Mr. Austen, January 19, 1900). Dr. Keatinge writes me 
that the discovery of this species is due to Dr. Times, Curator of 
