. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ROBBER FLIES OF THE WORLD 449. Text-Figure 31.—Blepharotes splendi Wiedemann. fine, white pile, sometimes partly black. Upper meso- pleuron and the anterior basalare swollen laterally and bearing pile; the upper pteropleuron, upper sterno- pleuron and the posthypopleuron with pile. Meta- pleuron with a broad band of long, bristly hairs and sometimes very stout bristles. Metasternum pilose laterally and below; postmetacoxal area membranous; prostemum dissociated. Metanotal callosity pubescent only. Posterior basalare with numerous bristles an
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ROBBER FLIES OF THE WORLD 449. Text-Figure 31.—Blepharotes splendi Wiedemann. fine, white pile, sometimes partly black. Upper meso- pleuron and the anterior basalare swollen laterally and bearing pile; the upper pteropleuron, upper sterno- pleuron and the posthypopleuron with pile. Meta- pleuron with a broad band of long, bristly hairs and sometimes very stout bristles. Metasternum pilose laterally and below; postmetacoxal area membranous; prostemum dissociated. Metanotal callosity pubescent only. Posterior basalare with numerous bristles and stiff pile. Legs: The femora are quite stout and moderately long, the first four are a little swollen towards the base and through the middle; most of the pile is coarse, bristly, subappressed, the bristles are very stout, con- spicuous and numerous. The hind femur bears 6 dorso- lateral, 10 to 14 ventrolateral, and a row of ventro- medial and dorsomedial bristles. There are 2 medial bristles at the apex, and a row on the medial surface of the hind trochanter containing, from 6 to 8 bristles; all coxae laterally with 2 or 3 bristles. The hind tibia contains 3 dorsolateral, 3 ventrolateral, and 3 poster- odorsal bristles. Middle femur with 3 stout, baso- lateral bristles beginning at the basal third, 27 anteroventral bristles, in the type of genus and in other species similar patches which may be more basal in position. The middle tibia in males is greatly swollen distally with a distal process and bears numerous stout bristles ventrally near the apex on both sides. The females of some species have a double, cone like fringe on the outer half of this very stout, middle tibia con- sisting of 10 or more spikelike bristles, apposed rapto- rially to the similar bristles of the femur. Anterior femur with 1 to 3 bristles anteriorly and sometimes with many stout bristles ventrally; they are more slender and reduced in type of genus. Bristles on this tibia sometimes reduced to mere
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