Genus Stegomyia. 301 
Abdomen deep black, with six basal pure white bands, the 
last segment with a pure white central spot; white lateral spots 
also present; first segment densely black, and Avhite scaled; 
posterior border of the segments with golden hairs; venter 
white banded. 
Legs black, banded with pure white as follows: anterior 
femora with snow-white apical ring, and another a short distance 
from it, with scattered white scales, most abundant ventrally, 
with black bristles, which form a distinct group round the apex ; 
tibiae black, with pale bristles, and a faint trace of a band 
towards the basal half in one specimen; first three tarsal joints 
basally banded white, the white bands rather narrow, last two 
joints dusky yellowish-black ; mid femora and leg generally like 
the anterior, but the white tibial band more distinct; posterior 
femora white beneath, especially towards the base; tibiae with 
a broad white band ; metatarsus and next three tarsal joints 
basally white; third tarsus with only a minute black apex in 
some specimens, last joint pure white; in some specimens the 
metatarsus is only basally white above; fore and mid ungues 
equal, uniserrated hind equal and simple. 
Wings with brown scaled veins, the scales rather long and 
narrow, costal vein rather dark ; first sub-marginal cell slightly 
narrower and longer than the second posterior cell, its base 
nearer the base of the wing than the base of the latter; both 
fork-cells are rather short, the second particularly so ; posterior 
cross-vein more than twice its own length distant from the mid 
cross-vein; the second, third and fourth and lower branch of 
the fifth veins with long lateral scales. Halteres with pale stem 
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and fuscous knob. 
Length. —4*5 mm. 
£. Head much as in the 9 antennae with broad plumes, 
basal joint showing as a white ring, pale banded ; palpi longer 
than the antennae and proboscis,' with four white bands; 
proboscis deep brown. 
Thorax with four grey stripes, the two median fairly broad, 
lateral ones thin and short, the four white spots seen, as in 
the female, but in the two specimens before me not so distinct 
(probably denuded) ; scutellum, &c., as in the 9 • 
Legs as in the 9 > but the posterior femora have much more 
white basally, and the anterior tibiae are rather more distinctly 
banded. Ungues as figured on page 302. 
Length. —4- 3 mm. 
