. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 443 longish hair-like ones on sides of thorax and on pleurae; some intermixed fine scales across basal half of tergite 2 and some along middorsal part and trans- versely across the other tergites ochreous yellowish; broader, flattened, white scales present transversely across hind margins, denser on sides, but apparently not much denser on sides posteriorly; fine scaling on venter mainly white; that on legs also whitish. Wings hyaline, infuscat
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 443 longish hair-like ones on sides of thorax and on pleurae; some intermixed fine scales across basal half of tergite 2 and some along middorsal part and trans- versely across the other tergites ochreous yellowish; broader, flattened, white scales present transversely across hind margins, denser on sides, but apparently not much denser on sides posteriorly; fine scaling on venter mainly white; that on legs also whitish. Wings hyaline, infuscated yellowish brownish in costal cell and anteriorly in basal half of marginal cell and first basal cell; greater part of second basal cell hyaline and only extreme base of anal cell slightly tinged; infuscation on middle cross vein region slightly darker and more spot- like; another spot at base of fourth posterior cell also indicated; base of upper cubital branch without a dis- tinct stump; middle cross vein distinctly before middle of discoidal cell; the latter rather narrowish; first pos- terior cell widely open, its sides almost subparallel; axillary lobe broader than anal cell. Headwith the frontal Text"fig- j^i. Slde 7 _ view 01 left antenna groove shallowish; interocular space ($) about 3 times of $ Anthrax inter- width of tubercle; antennae (text-fig. 161) appearing mediusHess^. narrowly separated, but space quite twice length of joint 1; joint 2 only a little broader than long; slender rod-like part of joint 3 distinctly shorter than long terminal joint, the latter slightly, but distinctly, broadened in the middle and thus slightly broader than apical part of slender part. Type in the Transvaal Museum. Length of body: about 7 mm. Length of wing: about 8 mm. Locality: Bechuanaland: Kuke Pan (Vernay-Lang Kalahari Exp., 21-30 March 1930). Easily recognized by its wings which are only infuscated along front border, its whitish scaling, the long terminal joint of third
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