. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 405 scaling on venter mainly dark; sparse, longer, hair-like scaling on pleurae gleaming greyish yellowish or brownish yellowish only in certain lights; short, flattened, silvery scales at apex of scutellum; broader, truncated, cuneiform, silvery whitish scales across hind margins of tergites denser on sides, interrupted discally along midline and also laterally on each side, those on sides of last three tergites in £ very dense, directed backw
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 405 scaling on venter mainly dark; sparse, longer, hair-like scaling on pleurae gleaming greyish yellowish or brownish yellowish only in certain lights; short, flattened, silvery scales at apex of scutellum; broader, truncated, cuneiform, silvery whitish scales across hind margins of tergites denser on sides, interrupted discally along midline and also laterally on each side, those on sides of last three tergites in £ very dense, directed backwards and those on last tergite scarcely or very narrowly interrupted discally, those on sides of last two tergites in $ equally dense; the white scaling on tergites extending right round between black tufts; scaling on legs dark, gleaming greyish or brownish, appearing. Text-fig. 142. Side view of hypopygium, dorso-apical view of right beaked apical joint, ventral view of apical process of aedeagus, and postero-dorsal view of basal strut of <$ Anthrax diffusus Wied. more black on femora above. Wings (pi. i, fig. 7) with the chocolate-brownish to blackish brown infuscation and spots as shown in figure, usually with a constant clear area or window at base of first posterior cell; the three spots usually isolated though the one at base of third posterior cell sometimes tends to fuse with main infuscation; a clear gap however always present in front of spot at base of upper cubital branch; bases of both second vein and upper cubital branch with a stump; middle cross vein at about or just a little before middle of discoidal cell; first posterior cell markedly narrowed apically; axillary lobe very much broader than anal cell; plumula black. Head with the interocular space about 3J-4 times width of tubercle; antennae separated by about twice, or a little more, length of joint 1; joint 2 disc-shaped; slender part of joint 3 about 2-2 \ times length of terminal joint. Legs with nume
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