Dasiops phaeolepis
Closely allied to moclm, Bezzi, from Erythraea, but smaller a"nd at once distinguished by the characters given m the table $ Length of the body, 3-3 2 mm , of the wing, 2-9-3 nun Head and its appendages as described for mochii, with the following differences the frons lacks the greenish reflexions; the cheeks in the upper part and the sides of frons m the anterior part with rather developed transverse furrows, being thus strongly rugose ; arista yellowish at base Thorax and scutellum without distinct aeneous reflexions, and with the same chaetotaxy Squamulae blackish, and with a blackish fringed border , halteres black, with paler stalk Abdomen as in mochn, but the ovipositor is distinctly shorter and broader Legs of all the pairs with the tarsi entirely yellow, the last joint only being black. Wings proportionally shorter and broader, with the base deep blackish to the basal cross-veins; the first posterior cell is not distinctly narrowed at end, the sixth longitudinal vein is shorter. Type <$ and type ?, and a single couple of specimens (British Museum) from Durban, Umbilo, 16 xi 1913 and 23 m 1914 {L Bevis) In the Cape Museum there is a specimen from Natal