. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 769 especially in $, and the coxal bristles black; hairs in collar, in mesopleural tuft, to a lesser extent in metapleural tuft and intermixed on venter golden yellowish to deep yellowish; rest of hair on pleurae below, sides of abdomen basally and on basal part of venter white; scaling on head in front dense, yellowish to yellowish white or whitish; that on thorax above relatively dense, mainly yellowish to greyish yellowish, separated by stre
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 769 especially in $, and the coxal bristles black; hairs in collar, in mesopleural tuft, to a lesser extent in metapleural tuft and intermixed on venter golden yellowish to deep yellowish; rest of hair on pleurae below, sides of abdomen basally and on basal part of venter white; scaling on head in front dense, yellowish to yellowish white or whitish; that on thorax above relatively dense, mainly yellowish to greyish yellowish, separated by streaks of darker or brownish ones; scaling on abdomen above dense, longer on sides, composed mainly of broadish, greyish yellowish, yellowish to ochreous yellowish ones, whitish ones and a few black ones, the whitish ones concentrated as bands across bases of tergites 2, 6 and 7 and sides of 3, 4 and 5, the more ochreous ones present across hind margins of tergites, and the few or sparse dark ones present on each side submedially across bases of 3-5 and across middle of 2; scaling on pleurae relatively dense, broadish, white; that on venter also composed of broad scales, mainly white on sternites 2 and 3 and along a broadish submedial streak posteriorly on each side, the rest of the scaling more yellowish to even ochreous, more extensively white in certain forms; scaling on legs mainly yellowish to whitish. Wings infuscated pale yellowish brownish to brownish in antero-basal half up to near base of submarginal cross vein, but with a tendency for Namaqua- land 0*0* to have infusions in apical part of marginal cell as well, with a clearer area or spot near base of first posterior cell and a relatively large praediscoidal clear spot; darker rounded spots or clouds present on cross veins and bifurca- tions, two being usually present on apical vein of discoidal cell; apical veins without any spots or with one near end of second vein or in some forms with a spot or spots near ends of bo
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