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distinct white lateral spots, and two on the penultimate segment. 
Legs, with the first tarsal joint all white, and others with basal 
bands. 
£. Head brown; eyes bordered with white scales; pro¬ 
boscis, palpi, and antennae deep chestnut-brown; plumes deep 
silky-brown; palpi brown, with no trace of banding. 
Thorax chestnut-brown, with a broad patch of white scales on 
each side in front, and a median pale line, some golden lateral 
hairs ; metanotum chestnut-brown. 
Abdomen brown, with metallic purple reflections and golden- 
orange scales scattered over it, with five distinct white lateral 
spots, and two white spots on the sides of the penultimate 
segment. 
Legs brown, basally banded white ; metatarsus of the hind 
pair basally white, the apex also a little white, a broad brown 
band in the middle; first hind tarsal joint all white, second 
basally white, last two apparently dark brown. 
Length .—6 mm. 
Habitat .—South America. 
Observations .—Redescribed from Walker’s type in the Museum. 
This is the only specimen I have seen. Walker’s description 
conveys no idea of the insect; his description, taken from 
1 Insecta Saundersiana,’ is as follows :— 
“ Brownish, with a silvery-white tomentum ; proboscis slender, 
straight, as long as the palpi. Antennae with whitish reflections ; 
thorax with two brown stripes; abdomen blackish, very pube¬ 
scent on each side, with silvery-white bands beneath ; legs black¬ 
ish ; femora with white tips ; tibiae partly with white reflections ; 
tarsi with white bands ; wings greyish ; veins brown, slightly 
ciliated ; halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. Length of the 
body, three lines ; of the wings, five lines.” 
8. Stegomyia Grantii. n. sp. 
(Fig. 55, PI. XIV.) 
Thorax chestnut-brown, with a narrow median line of white 
scales forked in front of the scutellum, then a fine curved lateral 
pair, and another pure white line below on each side. Abdomen 
black, with well-defined narrow basal white bands, which bend 
obliquely and form a straight oblique white line on each side of 
the segments ; venter white scaled. Legs black, with pure white 
