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9 . Head densely clothed with broad flat scales, black and 
grey on each side, a white patch in the middle in front extending 
back to the neck, a white patch on each side, a thin white border 
to the eyes; the scales at the back of the crown with an 
ochraceous tinge in some lights, long black bristles projecting 
forwards; eyes black, with silvery patches in some specimens; 
antennae blackish, with narrow pale bands, basal joint black, 
with a patch of white scales on the inside (appearing as two 
small white spots with a lens), second joint sometimes pale 
testaceous at the base, pubescence and verticils dark brown; 
palpi black scaled, the last joint with pure silvery-white scales 
inside and on the tip, sometimes entirely white. 
Thorax dark brown, covered with reddish-brown, pale golden 
and creamy curved scales, ornamented as follows : a pure-white, 
broad curved band on each side, curved inwards about the 
middle of the mesonotum and continued back as a thinner pale 
line to the scutellum, two thin parallel pale scaled lines between, 
extending about half way across the mesonotum and more or less 
on to the scutellum, a short white line in front between these 
two, a white spot on each side of the thorax in front near the 
neck ; scutellum with a thick row of white scales and with three 
tufts of bristles; metanotum brown; pleurae dark brown with 
several patches of silvery scales. 
Abdomen dark brownish-black, with 
basal bands of white scales : first segment 
densely clothed with creamy scales and 
edged with pale hairs; sides with patches 
of white scales forming more or less flat 
triangular patches. 
Legs with the femora with the bases 
yellowish, dark scaled towards the apex, 
extreme tip pure white, ventral surface 
partly covered with white scales; tibiae 
black ; metatarsi with basal white bands ; 
fore tarsi with the first joint basally white, 
rest black ; mid tarsi the same; hind tarsi 
all basally white, except the last joint, 
which is pure white, penultimate joint 
black apex; fore and mid ungues both 
toothed and hind without teeth. 
Wings with the veins clothed with very long narrow brown 
scales,and short median broad dark brown ones: first sub-maroinal 
Fig. 86. 
Stegomyia fasciata, Fabr. 
Female ungues. 
mostly white with 
