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Genus Psoropliora . 
the second posterior cell, its stem nearly equal to its length, and 
the same length as that of the second posterior ; posterior cross¬ 
vein about half its length distant (nearer the base of wing) from 
Fig. 77. 
Psoropliora scintillans, Wlk. (cf ). 
I. Male proboseis (a) and palpi (p) (the small basal joint is not 
shown). II, Fore and hind ungues of S'. III. Head : c, clypeus ; 
p, palpi; a, proboscis of the 9 (the small apical joint of the 
palpus is not shown). 
the mid cross-vein ; the incrassation of the wing fold forming a 
clear unsealed vein; fringe brown; halteres with a yellowish- 
brown stem and fuscous knob. 
Length .—7 to 9 mm. 
<$ . Palpi five-jointed, long, covered with scales that appear 
black in some lights, purple and blue in others, the last two 
apical joints of about equal length, the penultimate slightly the 
longer, the second from the base about two-thirds the length of 
the middle joint, basal joint small; hairy, those hairs on the 
antepenultimate joint the longest ; antennae banded brown and 
grey with dark brown plumes, flaxen at the apices, basal joint 
deep chestnut-brown, a few small black scales projecting from the 
second joint in the type ; proboscis short, ending just past the 
fourth palpal joint, dark brown bronzy reflections. 
