. Fig. 7. Homoneura varifrons, n. sp., wing. Thorax. All completely black, moderately shining; dorsum with a very faint brown pollination, pleura? very slightly shining. Bristles normal, prescutellars rather small, achrosticals in six rows. Pleurae very slightly silvery. Wings (Fig. 7) almost glassy, very slightly tinged with yellow; veins yellow. Halters with dark knobs and yellow stalks. Legs. In the two males the legs are all pale yellow; front femora with the usual two rows of bristles behind, top row with about six equal bristles, lower row three towards the tip succeeded by a ciliation.
. Fig. 7. Homoneura varifrons, n. sp., wing. Thorax. All completely black, moderately shining; dorsum with a very faint brown pollination, pleura? very slightly shining. Bristles normal, prescutellars rather small, achrosticals in six rows. Pleurae very slightly silvery. Wings (Fig. 7) almost glassy, very slightly tinged with yellow; veins yellow. Halters with dark knobs and yellow stalks. Legs. In the two males the legs are all pale yellow; front femora with the usual two rows of bristles behind, top row with about six equal bristles, lower row three towards the tip succeeded by a ciliation. Middle femora with two bristles at the end which are longer than the other normal bristles, tibiae with a crown of two long bristles as well as the usual preapical one. Hind femora with an evident preapical bristle on the front side. Abdomen. Black with marginal bristles and small ones on the surface. The male genitalia much as PI. 15, figs. 9, 10 but not extruded. The females, in most cases, have slightly darkened middle and hind femora, the darkening extending nearly all over the joints; the extent of this suffusion varies, and in one case the legs are pale like the male. Size, excluding antennae, about 2f mm.
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