. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 836 Annals of the South African Museum. broad as ocellar tubercle, with the upper apical spine of third antennal joint slightly less subapical in position and thus forming a more symmetrical bifid process with lower one, with the proboscis shorter and less stout, only about 2 mm. long. Type in the South African Museum. Length of body: about 3 mm. Length of wing: about 4 mm. Locality.— Africa: Damaraland; Narebis (Barnard, Feb. 1921) (Type). Kaokoveld: Kamanyab (Mus. Exp., Mar. 1925). 1 $ P. falla
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 836 Annals of the South African Museum. broad as ocellar tubercle, with the upper apical spine of third antennal joint slightly less subapical in position and thus forming a more symmetrical bifid process with lower one, with the proboscis shorter and less stout, only about 2 mm. long. Type in the South African Museum. Length of body: about 3 mm. Length of wing: about 4 mm. Locality.— Africa: Damaraland; Narebis (Barnard, Feb. 1921) (Type). Kaokoveld: Kamanyab (Mus. Exp., Mar. 1925). 1 $ P. fallax n. sp. Body, including scutellum, black; narrow hind margins of venter and entire last sternite yellowish; knees, upper surfaces of front tibiae and the entire middle and hind tibiae yellowish, only the. Text-fig. 250.—Side view and greater part of ventral view of hypopygium of <$ Phthiria fallax n. sp. extreme apices of the latter darkish; pubescence rather dense for this series, but less dense and shaggy than in the lanigera-series, predominantly white on body above and below, with sericeous gleams, that on thorax above slightly straw-coloured yellowish in certain lights, that at apex of abdomen more distinctly gleaming sericeous yellowish, that on coxae and femora whitish; wings glassy hyaline, iridescent, with a very feeble subopaquely milky whitish tint in costal cell, base and on alula, with the veins dark brownish, becoming pale yellowish at extreme base and along supernumerary. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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