. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. apex in ?$ blackish, brownish in <£$; wings with the basal part infuscated dark brownish or coffee-brown, extending from base and costal cell obliquely across basal half of marginal cell, first sub- marginal cell, discal cross vein, across extreme base of discoidal cell, apical cross vein of second basal cell to basal halves of anal and axillary cells and the alula, with the rest of wing almost hyaline, only very feebly tinged cinereous or brownish, with the basal comb black and with whitish scali
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. apex in ?$ blackish, brownish in <£$; wings with the basal part infuscated dark brownish or coffee-brown, extending from base and costal cell obliquely across basal half of marginal cell, first sub- marginal cell, discal cross vein, across extreme base of discoidal cell, apical cross vein of second basal cell to basal halves of anal and axillary cells and the alula, with the rest of wing almost hyaline, only very feebly tinged cinereous or brownish, with the basal comb black and with whitish scaling behind it, with the veins dark brownish or reddish brown, the main ones basally being more distinctly reddish brown, the squamae opaquely pale yellowish white and white fringed; halteres yellowish, with very pale yellowish white knobs. Head with the interocular space in <$<$ pos- teriorly as broad as ocellar tubercle, at narrowest part about as broad as or only slightly narrower than front part of tubercle, about 3, or a little more, times as broad as tubercle in $$; frons with the central furrow deep and distinct posteriorly only in Sq\ antennae with joint 1 relatively short, about 3 times as long as 2, with 3 about 1\ times as long as 1 and 2 combined, thickened basally, broadest at about basal third, then gradually narrowed to a little beyond middle, from there forming an apical slender and rod-like part, with the first terminal joint slightly narrower than apex of 3, conical and slightly shorter than the style; proboscis slender, about 5-6 mm. long. Legs with a few apical spines above on front and middle femora and without any long hairs basally in 3$; front femora with about 1-2 small spines in front and 1 or 2 behind; middle ones with 3-5 spines in front and 2-3 behind; hind ones with about 9-12 spines below, of which some are very small and about 6-9 often minute ones on inner side below. Hypopygium of <$ like that of aberrans and albidus (cf. text-figs. 96
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