Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology . ,looking like three claw^s).. Fig. I. MuciJus nigcrrimm. ungues Wings: Mostly dark scales, with a few scattered white ones;first fork-cell considerably longer and narrower that the second, itsbase nearer the base of the wing, its stem as long as the cell, stem 593 of the second longer than the cell; third long vein very close to thesecond; cross-veins thick, clouded, all three close together; fringewith eight white spots; the scanty dark scales give the wings aspotted appearance. Halleres yellow, knob black at the 7 mm. Habita
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology . ,looking like three claw^s).. Fig. I. MuciJus nigcrrimm. ungues Wings: Mostly dark scales, with a few scattered white ones;first fork-cell considerably longer and narrower that the second, itsbase nearer the base of the wing, its stem as long as the cell, stem 593 of the second longer than the cell; third long vein very close to thesecond; cross-veins thick, clouded, all three close together; fringewith eight white spots; the scanty dark scales give the wings aspotted appearance. Halleres yellow, knob black at the 7 mm. Habitat. Wadelai, Lado District, Sudan. (H. Kmg, 8/6, 11.)Observations. Described from a perfect male taken from under-growth around trees on a grassy slope near the Nile. It waspointed out as being a distinct species by Mr. King. It is a verydark species, easily distinguished by the leg ornamentation. Chrysocoi\ops NOCTURNUS, nov. sp. Head golden-)ellow; proboscis and palpi golden-yellow, blackat their apices. Thorax shmy black, with scattered golden scales;pleurae mostly brov
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