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8. Male palpi almost as long as the proboscis hewitti, Edw. 



Male palpi only about half as long as the proboscis . . . . curtipalpis, Edw! 



9. Male palpi a little shorter than the proboscis ; scale-tuft on sixth antennal joint 



bright yellow eminentia, Leic. 



Male palpi at least as long as the proboscis ; scale-tuft on sixth antennal joint of 

 a duller colour . . . . . . . . , . ^ ^ n a 



10. Last two joints of male palpi rather longer and distinctly hairy ; Ceylon species 



tmiformis, Theo. 



Last two joints of male palpi rather shorter and almost hairless ; Malayan 



species . . . , . . . , _ 2i 



11. A distinct scale-tuft on the sixth antennal joint of the male mammilifer, Leic. 

 Scales on sixth antennal joint of male hairlike and inconspicuous minor, Leic. 



Lophoceratomyia being regarded as only a subgenus of Culex, the names nigra and 

 taemata are both preoccupied, but I refrain from proposing substitutes for them as I 

 am doubtful if they are specificially distinct from L. ruhithoracis and L. taeniala 

 respectively. I have used the name eminentia, Leic, instead of the earlier brevipalpiis, 

 Theo., in order to avoid confusion with Culex {Cyatliomyia) brevipalpis, Giles ; these 

 names are too much alike for both to be retained. 



Lophoceratomyia barkeri, Theo. 



I now consider that my L. quadripalpis (BuU. Ent. Res., v, p. 80, 1914) is synony- 

 mous with L. barkeri and L. sylvestris. 



Lophoceratomyia uniformis, Theo. 



I have previously stated (Bull. Ent. Res., v, p. 80, 1914) that L. nmformis is identical 

 with L. mammilifer, but a more careful examination proves that this is not so. Lar\^al 

 skins of L. uniformis from Ceylon, with the adults bred from them, were presented 

 to the museum by Mr. E. E. Green in 1914 ; the larvae are very peculiar in having 

 the whole integument of the thorax and abdomen covered with minute hairs. I 

 thought that this might prove to be a character of Lophoceratomyia, and was much 

 surprised when in 1916 Dr. A. T. Stanton sent larval skins of L. mammilifer from 

 Gmting Simpah, Fed. Malay States, which had a normal bare integument. A 

 subsequent re-examination of the adults revealed the difference indicated in the 

 key. 



Lophoceratomyia minor, Leic. 



The male specimens in Leicester's collection, which apparently can onlv be this 

 species, differ as follows from his description :— The palpi are barely as long as the 

 proboscis ; sixth antennal joint with very inconspicuous hair-like scales on its outer 

 side ; the larger claw on the fore and mid legs is toothed as well as the smaller. In 

 spite of these differences I believe I must have correctly identified the specimens, as 

 there are none in the collection which fit Leicester's description, and none of his 

 descriptions fit these specimens better than that of L. minor. I do not know whether 

 the name L. minor is antedated by Culex minor, Theo. (Oct. 1908), so allow it to remain 

 for the present, as C. minor is probably synonymous with C.fuscocephaltis, Theo. 



