192 Mr. Frank H. Taylor on Culicidae from Papua. 



hairs dark brown, second segment basally yellow, long, about one 

 and a half times as long as the third segment, basal lobe dull golden 

 yellow. 



Thorax dark brown, paler above the prothoracic lobes, densely 

 clothed with brown narrow-curved hair-like scales mixed with a 

 few scattered yellowisli ones on the posterior end; a median and 

 two lateral lines (one on each side) of golden yellow narrow curved 

 hair-like scales extending the whole length of the thorax, a lateral 

 border of golden bristles dense in front of and above the roots of 

 the wings ; prothoracic lobes prominent, brown densely clothed 

 with golden bristles; scutellum clothed with narrow curved brown 

 scales, the mid lobe black, lateral lobes brown, mid lobe with five 

 brown border bristles and lateral lobes with seven, four in front 

 and three behind. 



Abdomen black, clothed with densely applied dusky brown scales, 

 first segment clothed with numerous brown bristles in addition, 

 second segment with basal, lateral and median pale creamy white 

 spots with a few scattered basal pale scales, segments three to six 

 with white median bands, on segments two and three the centre 

 of the bands is produced into a conspicuous patch, segment seven 

 with a broad median lateral patch; posterior border bristles pale 

 and short ; venter fairly densely covered with short pale hairs with 

 second segment densely covered with white scales, segments three 

 to seven white-scaled with apical brown bands, penultimate and 

 apical segments brown scaled. 



Legs black, coxae and trochanters brown, femora white scaled 

 beneath, tarsi of fore, mid and hind legs black except fifth tarsi 

 of hind legs wliich are dark brown ; ungues of fore, mid and hind 

 legs equal and simple. 



Wings with the costa, subcostal and first longitudinal veins 

 covered with blue black scales with violet reflections, remaining 

 veins clothed with short brown lateral lanceolate and small median 

 broad scales; first fork-cell longer and narrower than the second, 

 base of the former slightly nearer the base of the wing than that 

 of the latter; stem of the first fork-cell half the length of its cell, 

 stem of the second about two-thirds the length of the cell ; posterior 

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

 distant from it ; second and third incrassations fairly distinct. The 

 wing has a naked appearance on accovint of the smallness of the 

 vein scales. Halteres, stem yellowisli brown, knob dusky. 



Length 5 mm. 



Habitat. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field and Mekeo 

 District. 



