. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 298 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM greater part of frons in $ up to near antennae, fine ones on antennae above (fewer in <£), a few intermixed ones on antennae below in $ and a dense tuft on antennae below in $ black; most of the hairs on disc of thorax in J, denser hairs on sides of thorax and in mesopleural tuft in both sexes, those on prosternal part and rest of pleurae, on coxae, very densely on sides of tergite 1 and base of 2 in o% sides of tergite 1 in $ and hairs on venter sericeous wh
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 298 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM greater part of frons in $ up to near antennae, fine ones on antennae above (fewer in <£), a few intermixed ones on antennae below in $ and a dense tuft on antennae below in $ black; most of the hairs on disc of thorax in J, denser hairs on sides of thorax and in mesopleural tuft in both sexes, those on prosternal part and rest of pleurae, on coxae, very densely on sides of tergite 1 and base of 2 in o% sides of tergite 1 in $ and hairs on venter sericeous white; those on anterior part of humeral tubercle and in propleural tuft and to a very much lesser extent on coxae more sericeous yellowish to fulvous yellowish, especially in $; anterior part of collar above, intermixed hairs on front part and sides of thorax and also discally above on thorax and scutellum in $, prealar, postalar and scutellar bristles, numerous hairs in metanotal tuft, intermixed hairs on front and middle coxae, dense, shaggy and tuft-like ones on sides of abdomen from tergite 2 and across hind margin of last sternite black; fine hairs on femora gleaming pallid; sparse scaling on thorax above silvery or sericeous whitish anteriorly and on sides, more golden across base and base of scutellum; small tuft on sides of scutellum whitish; scaling on abdomen above black and pale, the latter arranged narrowly across hind margins of tergites and silvery to pale sericeous yellowish, denser, broader and more conspicuous across hind margin of tergite 1, especially in $, where they are also distinctly brassy, golden or yellowish in middle; pale bands on extreme sides denser, broader, more patch- like; rest of scaling on tergites dull black; scaling on venter white, denser across hind margins and sides; that on legs greyish whitish. Wings vitreous hyaline, iridescent, with the base in q* and base, costal cell, a little less than basal half of marginal cell, extreme base of
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