. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 341 yellow hairs posteriorly. Pleurae ochraceous. Scutellum slightly paler yellow than the mesonotum, bearing two admedian and two lateral bristles and a few (ten in the female, eight in the male) short hairs. Post-scutellum ochraceous. Wings unspotted, the anterior veins ) ellowish ; venation as shown in the figure (&g. 7). Decumbent. Fig. 7. Kempia ocbrosoma^ , wing of female. ( X 90 circa.) hairs scanty : in the female, limited to the distal third of the wing and a few near the posterior margin; in the male, almost entirely
. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. 341 yellow hairs posteriorly. Pleurae ochraceous. Scutellum slightly paler yellow than the mesonotum, bearing two admedian and two lateral bristles and a few (ten in the female, eight in the male) short hairs. Post-scutellum ochraceous. Wings unspotted, the anterior veins ) ellowish ; venation as shown in the figure (&g. 7). Decumbent. Fig. 7. Kempia ocbrosoma^ , wing of female. ( X 90 circa.) hairs scanty : in the female, limited to the distal third of the wing and a few near the posterior margin; in the male, almost entirely wanting. Surface of the wing closely covered with microtrichia. Halteres with pale straw-yellow stems and white knobs. T-egs almost uniformly pale straw-yellow; unarmed. Claws in both sexes equal, about half the length of the fifth tarsal segment; in the female, each with a very small, sub-apical tooth, in the male, deeply bifurcated at the tips. Empodium well developed, hairy; at least as long as the claws. Abdomen ochraceous, rather paler yeUow than the thorax. Hypopygium of the male of a similar colour and feebly chitinised. Spermatheca single, rather feebly chitinised, obovatc and very large; length about 230//, greatest breadth about 150/", the duct chitinised at its commencement for a short distance (about lo/i). The abdomen, and also the thorax and the knobs of the halteres, containing a yellowish pigment which is not cleared by carbolic acid but which dissolves in caustic potash. Hypopygium (fig. 8 a and h). 'Ninth segment feebly chitinised; tergite rather short and hairy, posterior margin rounded, without lateral, finger-like processes. Forceps: side-pieces normal, feebly chitinised; claspers also feebly chitinised, about as long as the. 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 Liverpoo
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