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$. Head much like the 9 > but with a few narrow curved 
scales in the middle; palpi brown, unbanded, the two last joints 
nearly equal, wdth brown and flaxen hair tufts, apex of the ante¬ 
penultimate joint black, with a few black bristles; apical joint 
narrower than the penultimate; basal joint distinct, small; 
traces of a faint band on the antepenultimate joint; antennae 
banded grey and brown, with deep brown and flaxen hairs. 
Abdomen narrow, the basal lateral white patches spreading 
on to the dorsum, and in some segments they almost meet, but 
never quite join, so as to form basal bands; densely hairy. 
Fig. 99. 
S. argenteopunctata. 
Male palpus. 
Fig. 100. 
Stegomyia argenteopunctata. 
Fore and mid male ungues. 
Ungues (Fig. 100) of the fore legs unequal, both uniserrated ; 
of the mid also unequal, the larger one simple, the smaller 
uniserrated; hind ungues equal and simple. 
Length.— 4 * 3 mm. 
Habitat. —Salisbury, Mashonaland (Marshall) (73). 
Time of capture. —January, February, and March. 
Observations .—Described from two 9 s and a £ . This species 
bears a striking resemblance to both S. vittatus , Bigot, and 
S. Marshallii , mihi. The thoracic ornamentation is very similar, 
but the unbanded legs and the peculiar ungues of the $ should 
at once separate it from the allied species. 
