. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 71. -Side view and half of ventral view of hypopygium of $ of Bombylius volucer n. sp. dilated and pallid at apex, the apex ending in a slender style; pro- boscis about 3-4 mm. long. Legs without any hairs on femora below and with the front femora unarmed below; middle ones with 2 or 3 spines on antero-lateral aspect; hind femora with about 6-9 slender spines below from near base to apex; claws gradually arcuately curved, with the pulvilli in $<$ just about reaching or just falling short
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 71. -Side view and half of ventral view of hypopygium of $ of Bombylius volucer n. sp. dilated and pallid at apex, the apex ending in a slender style; pro- boscis about 3-4 mm. long. Legs without any hairs on femora below and with the front femora unarmed below; middle ones with 2 or 3 spines on antero-lateral aspect; hind femora with about 6-9 slender spines below from near base to apex; claws gradually arcuately curved, with the pulvilli in $<$ just about reaching or just falling short of middle of claws, shorter in $$ and more confined to base; front tarsal joints in $$ hairy and scarcely much thicker than middle ones. Hypopygium of $ (text-fig. 71) with the basal parts fairly densely, but not long, haired above; beaked apical joints broad in basal half, leaf-shaped, tapering to a slender beak which is directed downwards and slightly outwards; aedeagus with the apical slender. 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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