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Fred. V. THEOBALD, M. A; F. E. S; 



Hon. F. R. H. S., etc. 



Grand Medallist and Hon. Memberof the «Société nationale 

 d'Acclimatation de France ». 



A NEW SPPXIES OF CLLICIDAE 



Kingia Albertii no\ . sp. 



9 Head clothed with liât black scales, some white ones in front between 

 the e3^es and a white scaled border around them; chaetae black. Clypeus 

 black. Antennae black, basai segment with creani}^ white scales. Palpi black, 

 apices white scaled. Proboscis black, unbanded. Thorax black with narrow- 

 curved bronz3^-black scales, a patch of flat white ones on each side near the 

 middle, fîve small spots of creamy yellow narrow-curved scales behind 

 them. Scutellum with flat white to silvery white scales on the mid lobe, 

 flat dark ones on the latéral lobes; metanotum dark. 



Abdomen black, the last three segments with marked large médian areas 

 of silvery white scales extending nearl}- the whole length of the segments ; 

 other white scaled markings on the more basai segments, indistinct through 

 rubbing. Legs black, the first and second tarsals with basai white bands in fore 

 and mid legs; in the hind legs the second tarsal is ail white above, basally 

 white below; other tarsi on ail the legs dark and unbanded; migues eqiial 

 and simple. Wings with dark-brown scales. 



Lengtli : 4 mm. 



Habitat : Belgian Congo. 



Time of capture : June 13, 1909. 



Observations : Described from a single ç sent me by D' Schou- 

 TEDEN amongst the Culicids collected bv His Majesty King Albert 

 in the Belgian Congo and named in honor after him. 



It comes near Kingia pollinctor Graham, but can at once be 

 told by the mid scutellar scales being white and bv the thoracic 

 adornment and the marked white abdominal areas and the second 

 hind tarsal coloration. 



Type in the Congo Muséum, Tervueren, Belgium. 



