. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 58 Annals of the South African Museum. Type in the Imperial Institute. Length of body: about 5 mm. Length of wing: about 5 mm. Length of proboscis: about 2§ mm. Locality.— Karoo: Ceres (Mackie, 2/1932). 1 S 0. munroi n. sp. This species is only represented in the collection by a single ^-specimen, which differs in important features from the other species. Body, including the entire genae, black; integument of face, sides of thorax, along a central line in front half of thorax, pleurae, sid
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 58 Annals of the South African Museum. Type in the Imperial Institute. Length of body: about 5 mm. Length of wing: about 5 mm. Length of proboscis: about 2§ mm. Locality.— Karoo: Ceres (Mackie, 2/1932). 1 S 0. munroi n. sp. This species is only represented in the collection by a single ^-specimen, which differs in important features from the other species. Body, including the entire genae, black; integument of face, sides of thorax, along a central line in front half of thorax, pleurae, sides of abdomen and venter with slaty grey bloom; legs with the coxae, tro- chanters and femora black, the middle and hind tibiae brownish, but the front ones even darker, with the basal parts of the tarsi yellowish brown, the rest of tarsi dark; pubescence sparse, but denser on occiput and abdomen and as in nigerrimus distinctly sparser and shorter than in the other species in this category, entirely frosty white, the scaling on body and legs silvery whitish, denser on sides of abdomen, venter and legs; wings very faintly, but distinctly, more subopaquely yellowish white or greyish and dis- tinctly less milky whitish than in nigerrimus, with the veins pale yellowish brown throughout, even the extreme base being only slightly more yellowish, with the second submarginal cell distinctly much longer along lower vein than broad apically, the veins only gradually diverging, with the discal cross vein much beyond middle of discoidal cell, with the vein between discoidal and second posterior cells only very slightly S-curved, with the squamae more milky whitish and with a pallid hind border; halteres yellowish, with dark base and ivory whitish knobs. Head with the eyes only contiguous. Text-fig. 268.—Interior view and side view of hypopygium of <$ Geron munroi n. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r
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