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and a few white scales on the base of the segments every here 
and there ; posterior borders with golden-brown scales; first 
segment deep ochraceous, with ochraceous and black scales, and 
numerous golden hairs. Legs with the coxae pallid, femora 
black, pale at the base and down one side with a silvery-white 
line in front and a white apical spot; tibiae black, also with a 
pure silvery-white line along its length ; metatarsi black, with 
broadish basal white bands ; in the fore legs the first tarsal joint 
with a basal white ring, remainder black, and in the mid legs there 
is a trace of basal white banding on the second joint as well ; 
in the hind legs all the tarsi have a broad basal white band, save 
the last, which is pure white except for a patch of brown scales 
below at the apex ; front ungues equal, with a single tooth on 
each, mid and hind equal and simple, the latter very small. 
Wings with the veins covered with black scales, their apical 
terminations with long thin lateral scales and shorter broad ones 
also lateral; first sub-marginal cell 
considerably longer and narrower than 
the second posterior cell, its base 
almost level with that of the latter, 
if anything a little nearer the base 
of the wing ; stem less than one-third 
of the length of the fork-cell; second posterior cell about one 
and a third times the length of its stem ; posterior cross-vein 
twice its own length distant from the mid cross-vein; fringe 
grey. Halteres with pale stem and black knob. 
Length .—4 to 5 mm. 
£ . Head covered with black scales with a border of silvery- 
white ones round the greenish-golden eyes, a patch of ochra¬ 
ceous scales in the middle at the back of the head, and a row 
of black bristles projecting forwards. Antennae brown, banded, 
verticils silky brown, basal joint with a small patch of silvery 
white scales; palpi ochraceous-brown, sparsely covered with 
dark brown scales basally, becoming jet black towards the apex, 
last two joints with broad basal bands of pure white scales ; 
proboscis black, with a band of pure white on the base of the 
apical half. 
Abdomen like the 7 j but with a distinct basal band of 
ochraceous and white scales, the silvery lateral basal spots not 
so distinct on the anterior segments; genitalia brown. 
Legs as in the 9 > but the basal band on the second tarsal 
joint of the mid legs is often not visible; ungues of fore and mid 
Fig. 84. 
Wing of ? Stegomyia noto- 
scripta, Skuse. (X. 9.) 
