BY PRANK H. TAYLOB. 751 



about thrice its own length from the mid cross-vein; fringe brown. 

 Halteres with the stems yellowish, knobs dusky. 



Legs [the fore and mid wanting], hind dusky, the tarsi in some 

 lights with a coppery tinge; ungues small, equal and simple. 



(J. Similar to £. Palpi broken; antennae with the nodes dark, 

 plumes brown, about two-thirds the length of the proboscis. 

 Wings as in Q, but with the post cross-vein only about twice its 

 length distant from the mid cross-vein. 



Legs steel-black; femora white beneath, with a white apical 

 spot above; apical tarsus of the fore-legs pale; fore and mid 

 ungues unequal, the larger with a tooth, hind small, equal and 

 simple. Length, 4 mm. 



Hab.— Sydney, Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 



Obs. — Edwards places this species in the genus Mimeteomyia, 

 and Neveu-Lemaire in the genus Theobaldia; it clearly belongs to 

 the genus Scutomyia; their determinations were based on a mis- 

 conception of the species. Edwards also says that Stegomyia 

 punctolateralis Theob., is a synonym of the above. They are 

 quite distinct; a comparison of the two species shows that, inter 

 alia, the abdominal spots and the ungues of the male differ con- 

 siderably. 



Grabhamia theobaldi, nom.nov. 



Grabhamia Jlavifrons Theobald (nee Skuse), Mon. Culicid, iv., 

 p.304, 1907. 



Specimens of the above were sent to Theobald by Dr. T. L. 

 Bancroft, from Southern Queensland. Theobald thought they 

 were Skuse's species, on account of the yellowish appearance of 

 the wings, mentioned by Skuse. A specimen in the Institute 

 collection from Brisbane, when compared with the type, proved 

 that they were distinct species, belonging to two different genera. 



CULICADA FLAVIFRONS (SkllSe). 



Culex Jlavifrons Skuse (nee Theobald), Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, (2), iii., p. 1735, 1888; Theobald, Mon. Culicid., i., p.421, 

 1901; iv., p.304, 1907. 



