. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. THEREVINE STILETTO-FLIES OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION 241 of almost equal width throughout. Ventral and ejaculatory apodeme short and simple. Tergite 8: Text-fig. 150. Sternite 8: Text-fig. 151. Total length 8-6-9-4 mm. 9- Head. As in male, but frons broader and less striking in colour. Facial index 0-41. Thorax. Mesonotum more distinctly striped than in male. Wings (Text-fig. 87). Distinctly longer and narrower than in male and in female of fumipennis, width of axillary cell approximately equaling width of anal cell. Colour dark browni
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. THEREVINE STILETTO-FLIES OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION 241 of almost equal width throughout. Ventral and ejaculatory apodeme short and simple. Tergite 8: Text-fig. 150. Sternite 8: Text-fig. 151. Total length 8-6-9-4 mm. 9- Head. As in male, but frons broader and less striking in colour. Facial index 0-41. Thorax. Mesonotum more distinctly striped than in male. Wings (Text-fig. 87). Distinctly longer and narrower than in male and in female of fumipennis, width of axillary cell approximately equaling width of anal cell. Colour dark brownish in apical part of wing only, and mostly in broad streaks along the veins, basal part greyish hyaline. Stigma, veins and halteres as in male. Legs. As in male, but /, and /2 may also have a few short av setae. Abdomen. Segment 4 and the following segments distinctly compressed laterally. Tergite 1 brownish black on middle, whitish grey tomentose laterally. Tergites 2-3 predominantly shining blackish, but with distinct, continuous whitish grey tomentose posterior bands, occupying one-fourth to one-sixth of total tergal length. Tergite 4 entirely black. Tergites 5-6 mainly blackish, but with large, whitish grey tomentose oval spots laterally. Remainder of abdomen blackish. Pile short and mainly blackish, only whitish on tomentose areas of tergites 2-3. 6 + 6 terminal spines which are moderately long, narrow and pointed. Total length 8-2-10-3 mm. 145. 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 British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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