NEW CULICINE LARVAE FROM THE GOLD COAST, 



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bases. The anterior thoracic plumes consist of simple hairs, the posterior thoracic 

 and abdominal plumes of plumose hairs. The comb is composed of about 50 scales 

 arranged in a triangular patch. The hairs forming the subsiphonal and siphonal 

 plumes are plumose. The siphon is narrow and long, its length being ten times the 

 diameter of its base, and the pecten of a dozen spines extends for one-fifth of its 

 length. Beyond the pecten are slender tufts of simple hairs, two or three in number. 

 The anal segment is nearly twice as long as it is wide, has a moderate-sized ventral 

 beard and long hairs, as long as the siphon, on the dorsal end. The dorsal pair of 

 anal papillae is pointed and twice as long as the anal segment (ventral pair missing). 



Fig. 10. Eumelanomijia inconspicuosa, Theo. 



Apparently this larva should be grouped with the Culex and Culiciomyia larvae in 

 Edwards' key to the genera (Bull. Ent. Res. iii, p. 373) : " Siphon usually elongated 

 Its hair-tufts numerous." It may be distinguished from Culex larvae which* have 

 " Combs of the eighth segment with about 40 teeth " and have " siphons longer than 

 4 X 1, with pecten of 12-15 teeth" {op, ciL, pp. 380-381) by the fact "that its 

 mid-frontal hairs are single and stout. 



Pw^a.— The pupa is very dark in colour, but does not appear to be possessed of 

 distinctive features. 



Breeding 2)lace.~The larvae were found, together with about a dozen pupae of the 

 same species, in clear water in the burnt-out hollow of a fallen tree in a clearing in the 

 forest. 



