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scales, the base of the mid lobe clothed with brown narrow curved 

 ones with six dark brown posterior border bristles to the mid lobe, 

 and four to the lateral lobes ; prothoracic lobes brown clothed with 

 white flat scales and brown bristles; pleurae brown clothed with 

 patches of flat white scales and scattered brown bristles ; metanotum 

 light brown. 



Legs black scaled; coxae and trochanters pale brown with a 

 patch of white flat scales to each coxa; fore femora brown scaled, 

 a narrow line of white scales beneath, femora of mid and hind legs 

 black scaled with the basal half white scaled beneath, fore, mid, 

 and hind femora each with a narrow basal white band ; tibiae black 

 scaled; first and second tarsi of fore and mid legs basally banded 

 white, remaining tarsi black scaled, first to fourth tarsals Mith white 

 basal banding, fifth black scaled ; ungues of fore, mid and hind legs 

 equal, uniserrate. 



Abdomen black scaled; first segment clothed with numerous 

 brown bristles with a patch of brown scales in the middle of which 

 is a narrow line of pale ones ; segments two to five basally banded 

 white; segments three to seven with lateral white basal patches, 

 penultimate and apical segments black; venter dark scales with 

 basal white banding. 



Wings with the veins covered with brown scales; the costa and 

 first longitudinal vein black; fringe brown; first fork-cell longer 

 and narrower than the second, base of the latter nearer the base 

 of the wing than that of the former; stem of the first fork-cell 

 about the length of its cell, stem of the second nearly the length 

 of the cell; mid cross-vein longer than the posterior cross-vein, 

 the latter about half its OAvn length distant from the former and 

 nearer the apex of the wing than the mid cross-vein. Halteres 

 stems creamy yellow, knobs dusky with a few small white flat 

 scales. 



Length 4*5 mm. 



Habitat. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field. 



Observations. Described from a single $ taken by Dr. 

 Giblin. Though not entirely agreeing with the generic 

 description it was thought best to place it in the genus 

 Leucoynyia for the present. It is easily recognised by its 

 thoracic markings and the position of the posterior cross- 

 vein. 



Culicelsa vigilax, Skuse. 



Culex vigilax, Skuse {nee Theobald). 

 ,, marinus, Theobald. 



