488 GNATS Oil MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIV 



fourth joint. Alnlonien dusky, Avith apical white lateral 

 patches. Thoracic adornment unknown. A large mosquito 

 (7 mm.) 



6. U. Lowii, Theoh. Hind legs with last two tarsal joints and 



apex of next white, but without other banding of the legs. 

 Abdomen dusky, with traces of pearly-blue apical lateral spots. 

 Thorax bright chestnut, with silvery-blue spots at the roots 

 of the wings and distinct darker linear adornment. Very 

 small (1'5 mm.). 

 13. "With the tarsi unadorned. 



iv. Abdominal segments with pale bands. 



7. U. saphirina (Ost.-Sack.). Thorax tawn\-, with blue median line 



extending on to scutellum, and other blue patches. 



8. V. natalice, AiTibal. Thorax dark fawn, with darker median 



lines. Blue spots in front of wings. 



9. U. 2^'jgm^(i', Theob. Thorax black, witli pale bronzy scales and 



glistening white (not blue) spots. 

 vi. Abdominal segments unhanded but with pale lateral spots. 



10. Z\ domestica, Theob. Thorax bright reddish-brown with two 



white spots in front of, and three on the scutellum. Anterior 

 fork-cell rather longer than the posterior. 



11. U. Malaiji, Theob. Thorax bronzy-black, with no white adorn- 



ment beyond a few white scales in front. Anterior fork-cell 

 markedly shorter than the posterior. 



viii. Abdomen unhanded. 



12. U. socialis, Theob. Abdomen black with a white spot on the 



fifth or sixth segment. Thorax deep chestnut with blue 

 median line not extending to scutellum, and other blue and 

 mauve ornamentation. 



13. U. aeruleocephala, Theob. Abdomen uniformly brown. 



Thorax chestnut, with white spots in front and before the 

 wings. Head entirely azure-blue. 



14. TJ. Mashonaensts, Theob. Abdomen uniformh- dai'k browu. 



Thorax bright rufous, without distinct ornament. Head 

 clothed witli sombrely-tinted scales. 



1. URANOTiENIA MINIMA, Theob. (Monog. II, p. 267). 



Last tarsal joint of fore and mid legs, and last two of fore 

 legs pale yellowish, but darker on the fore legs ; all the other 

 tarsal joints more or less distinctly apically pale banded. Denuded 

 thorax deep brown with pale median line. Scaly adornment 

 uncertain, but probably without azure-blue spots. Abdominal 

 pegments dark brown, with pale yellowish-brown apical bands. 

 Wings without glistening basal patches and with anterior fork- 

 cell longer and nanower than the posterior. 



