IQIO.] 



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can be criticised not only because these terms are so indefinite, but 

 because it would be easy to find botanical terms that would des- 

 cribe the shape of the scale in a single word that conveys the 

 same meaning to everyone. {5) It is particularly to be noted that 

 no detailed arrangement by scale ornamentation can be made that 

 will apply to both females and males. The scale ornamentation 

 (especially on the last segments of the abdomen and genital pro- 

 cess) of male anophelines often differs considerably from that of 

 female anophelines. The arrangement described in this paper 

 applies throughout to the female insect only. 



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ADDENDUM. 



The issue of vol. v of Mr. Theobald's Monograph while this 

 paper was passing through the Press has made it necessary to 

 add in the form of an appendix the characters of a new genus, 

 NEOMYZOMYIA, described by him. He has created the genus 

 for the reception of elcgans, James, a species that I have not seen 

 for some years. The generic characters are shown in the following 

 statement : — 



Abdomen. 



Thorax, 



Head. 



Prothoracic lobes. 



Only the last segment The anterior 

 carries scales. They i promontory 

 are arranged as in carries a group of 

 the genus Nyssor- sharp-pointed 

 hynchus. curved scales 



which project 

 over the neck. 

 The remainder of 

 the dorsum is 

 clothed with 



hairs. 



With the usual type [ With a tuft of 



of broadly expand- 

 ing upright forked 

 scales which form 

 dense tufts at 

 the postero-lateral 

 corners. 



long out-stand- 

 ing scales. 



It will be seen that the genus is distinct from any of those 

 described above. It comes near to the genus Patagiamyia, but 

 the presence of scales on the last segment of the abdomen sepa- 

 rates it very distinctly and makes us place it in the second of the 

 two great groups. Mr. Theobald says that the scales of the wing 

 are Myzorhynchuti-Wkii and that the palpi are densely scaled, so 

 that the chief difference between the new genus and the genus 

 Myzorhynchus must be that in Myzorhynchns the scales of the 

 last abdominal segments are arranged as a ventral tuft while in 

 Nconiyzomyia they are not aggregated to form a tuft but are 

 disposed irregularly as in the genus Nyssorhynchns. The name 

 Ncomyzoniyia is rather misleading. 



S. P. J. 

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