Mr. Frank H. Taylor on Culicidrj£ from. Papua. 191 



the former nearer the base of the wing than that of the latter; 

 stem of the first fork-cell one-third the length of the cell, stem of 

 the second about half the length of its cell; posterior cross-vein 

 longer than the mid cross-vein and about twice its own length 

 distant from the mid ; base of the marginal cell comparatively 

 broad; second incrassation (Austen's sixth vein) very distinct. 

 Hal teres with base of stem fuscous, rest clothed with blue black scales. 

 Length 4-5-5'5 mm. 



Habitat. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field, Mungana. 



Time of Cajpture. 29/6/10 (Mungana). 



Observations. Described from three $ specimens taken 

 by Dr. Giblin. It is a very distinct species owing to the 

 absence of abdominal and leg banding.* 



Scutomyia notoscripfa, Skuse. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, III, 2nd series, p. 1738 

 (1888); Theobald, Mon. Culicid., I, p. 286 (1901); III, 

 p. 145 (1903); IV, p. 198 (1907); Bancroft, Ann. Q. Mus., 

 No. 8, p. 24 (1908). 



Habitat. Papua, Milne Bay. 



Time of Capture. July 1912. 



Observations. These specimens agree with Skuse's type 

 in all details. The ungues of the mid legs are uniserrate 

 in this species and not simple as stated by Theobald. 



Lepidotomyia lineatus, n. sp. 



Head with flat scales all over and narrow curved scales bordering 

 the eyes. Thorax black clothed with narrow curved scales. Ab- 

 domen with median bands to the segments. Legs unhanded. 



$. Head black covered with flat brown scales with a median 

 line and lateral patches of creamy flat ones, a narrow fringe of 

 narrow curved ones bordering the eyes, border bristles dark brown, 

 two golden yellow ones overhanging the eyes from the centre ; eyes 

 black, purple tinted; clypeus black; palpi black scaled and with 

 short black hairs ; proboscis slender, clothed with dusky brown 

 scales; antennae brown, clothed with whitish pile, verticillate 



* It has been suggested to me, since the above was written, that 

 this insect is most probably Skusea similis, Theobald. In S. similis, 

 inter alia, the scutellum is clothed with narrow-Ciirved scales, while 

 in S. atra it is entirely clothed with flat ones. A sufficient character 

 to render the two insects distinct. The abdomen of 8. .similis 

 possesses median white lateral spots, in 8. atra it is devoid of all 

 ornamentation. 



