28 Records of the Indian Museum. [\'ol. I\^, 



base much nearer the base of the wings than that of the latter, its 

 stem half the length of the cell ; the cell somewhat expanded 

 basally and each branch densely scaled apically, stem of the second 

 fork-cell longer than the cell; supernumerary cross-vein longer 

 than the mid, the mid the same length as the posterior; the latter 

 about its own length distant from the mid. 



Halteres with long stem, base ochreous, apex and knob 

 fuscous. 



Leng/h 4*8 mm. 



Habitat Pallode, twenty miles N.E. of Trivandrum, Travan- 

 core (Annandale). 



Time of capture i6-xi-o8. 



Observations. — Described from a single 9 . A very marked and 

 beautiful species which cannot be confused with any other Culicid. 



Genus Squamomyia, gen. nov. 



Head clothed with flat scales and upright forked ones behind ; 

 clypeus densely scaled^ scales long and broad; antennse of male 

 plumose; palpi small and thin, proboscis long and thin, not as 

 long as the bod3\ 



Thorax with spindle-shaped scales, small flat ones at the sides 

 in front; broad spindle-shaped ones on the prothoracic lobes, 

 densely covering them ; scutellum with flat scales. Wings of male 

 with short fork-cells. Abdomen clothed with very large flat scales, 

 somewhat loosely applied. 



This forms a very distinct genus easily told by the densely 

 scaled clypeus. The male genitalia also seem very marked, but 

 have not been dissected. 



A male onl}^ occurs in the collection. 



57. SqiianiO)uyia inornata, sp. nov. 



Head deep brown, a pale border around the eyes; clypeus 

 prominently pale-scaled; palpi, proboscis and antennse deep brown. 

 Thorax deep brown , grey in front and at the sides in front , pleurae 

 white. Abdomen deep blackish brown above, white below and at 

 the sides. Legs deep brown. 



cf . Head clothed with flat brown scales with violet reflections, 

 a border of flat white ones around the eyes, spreading out laterally, 

 dull ochreous-brown upright forked scales behind ; two bright 

 golden chsetse projecting between the eyes in front, and a few 

 short dark ones at the sides; clypeus ochreous with long white 

 scales, especially dense in front; proboscis thin, black, not as long 

 as the whole body, curved downwards; palpi ochreous, dark- 

 scaled above, thin, very short; antennae very pale brown, with 

 dark plume hairs; basal segment bright ochreous except on the 

 inner side where they are dark. 



Thorax black with bronzy brown spindle-shaped scales, white 

 in front near the head and small flat white scales on each side in 



