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several small black ‘bristles; metanotum black ; pleurae black, 
with some pale scales and a small spot of white scales in front of 
and below the wings. . 

Fig. 170. © 
Mimomyia splendens. n. sp. 
a, head; b, scutellum ; ce, mesothoracic scales. 
Abdomen metallic violet-brown, basal segment all ochraceous, 
the second segment with dull ochraceous scales at the base and, 
laterally, the other segments with traces of pale scales basally, 
the penultimate segment with two basal lateral ochraceous spots 
and the apical segment ochraceous. 
Legs with the coxae pale, base and venter of femora bright 
ochraceous, apex of femora dark metallic violet ; tibiae, meta- 
tarsi and tarsi of the fore legs black ; in the mid, the base of the 
metatarsi and first three tarsi with rather indistinct narrow pale 
bands; in the hind legs there are traces on the metatarsi and 
first tarsals only, really basal ventral pale spots; ungues all 
equal and simple. 
Wings with typical Uranotaenia scales ; the first sub-marginal 
with its stem about 1} the length of the cell ; the second posterior 
with its stem a little longer than the cell ; posterior cross-vein 
not as long as the mid, nearly twice its own length distant from 
it ; the supernumerary not joining the mid ; the first sub-marginal 
cell larger than in Uranotaenia; base of the wings yellowish ; 
halteres pallid. 
Length.—2°5 mm. 
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