. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 221 rows of bristles visible on the abdomen in $$ at least, yellowish sericeous, pale golden yellow to deep golden, that on body below slightly paler than above, especially just above the coxae, but often scarcely whitish even there, that on face yellow to deep golden yellowish even in some 3$, often, however, more sericeous yellowish, with the bristles on body yellow or slightly more golden yellow than the rest of the hair, with the depress
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 221 rows of bristles visible on the abdomen in $$ at least, yellowish sericeous, pale golden yellow to deep golden, that on body below slightly paler than above, especially just above the coxae, but often scarcely whitish even there, that on face yellow to deep golden yellowish even in some 3$, often, however, more sericeous yellowish, with the bristles on body yellow or slightly more golden yellow than the rest of the hair, with the depressed pubescence on abdomen above also yellowish; integument usually with a slightly bluish submetallic sheen, shining through under the greyish bloom; wings tinged distinctly yellowish to pale yellowish brown in gg, leaving only the apices and hind border more hyaline, more hyaline in ?$, with the veins reddish yellow to even dark brownish, becoming paler towards base, with the squamae opaquely yellowish to pale yellowish brown and fringed with yellowish hairs. Head with the eyes in S3 separated above, at narrowest point, about as broad as narrow front part of tubercle or as broad as front ocellus, then rapidly diverging anteriorly, in $$ about, An ^7T • * r J ° & . Text-fig. 49.—Side view of or even more than, 3J times as broad hypopygium and ventral as tubercle; proboscis about 3-4 mm. ™»w, f aedeagus of S ' r . Bombylius paterculus Walk, long; antennae with joint 1 shortish, about 2J to 3 times as long as joint 2, with joint 3 about, or a little less than, \\ times as long as 1 and 2 combined, broadest in basal half, gradually tapering apically, but not markedly broadened basally as in transitus n. sp., with the style short and often yellowish. Wings with the discal cross vein just beyond middle of discoidal cell and with the second longitudinal vein more or less straight and the first posterior cell usually more obtuse than in transitus apically. Legs with pubesce
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