. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 26. (a) Hind margin of eye of Plesiocera psammophila n. sp. (b) Side and ventral views of hypopygium of <$ of same species. part of frons and in a narrowish, central band on abdomen above, especially in o*; scaling on thorax above in more or less three longitudinal bands of brownish or ochreous brownish ones separated, especially anteriorly, by whitish scaling; some ochreous brownish to sienna brownish scaling also on disc of scutellum and in two broadish, submedial bands on abdomen abov
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 26. (a) Hind margin of eye of Plesiocera psammophila n. sp. (b) Side and ventral views of hypopygium of <$ of same species. part of frons and in a narrowish, central band on abdomen above, especially in o*; scaling on thorax above in more or less three longitudinal bands of brownish or ochreous brownish ones separated, especially anteriorly, by whitish scaling; some ochreous brownish to sienna brownish scaling also on disc of scutellum and in two broadish, submedial bands on abdomen above, slightly broader in §; whitish scaling on abdomen, apart from those in broad lateral bands and dorsal band, also across hind margins of tergites; scaling on legs predominantly cretaceous white, becoming slightly yellowish apically above on hind femora, tending to be dull yellowish or even dark on hind tibiae. Wings vitreous hyaline, iridescent, the base and costal cell showing a slight whitish or yellowish whitish subopacity; veins dark, blackish brown to black, only the base of costal vein and the false vein yellowish; second vein with an angular kink in apical part, its apical bend not very deep; squamae subopaquely whitish, their fringe white; halteres yellowish, the upper apical part of knobs darkened or even brownish. Head with the hind margin of eyes (text-fig. 26, a) distinctly not indented or emarginate, only very feebly sinuous; eyes separated above in $ by width of ocellar tubercle, in $ about, or very little less than, 2 times width of tubercle; frons scarcely or only feebly centrally depressed towards apical part, the base being more convex; facial cone well developed,. 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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