266 Dr. W. M. Graham on new 



Clypeus dark brown, nude. Proboscis purplish 

 ten nee : basal segment oclnvous ; remaining segi. 

 ■with white bands at whorls ; plume-hairs dt. 

 Thorax brown, covered with buff scales, showing . 

 tudinal dark bare lines. Light-coloured scales upon me ante- 

 rior edge of mesonotum, and some pale scales in front of the 

 scutellum and in front of the insertion of tiie wings. Nume- 

 rous dark brown bristles in front of scutellum and round the 

 insertion of the wings. Scutellum pale brown, with cream- 

 coloured scales and nine dark brown bristles on the mid lobe. 

 Metanotum pale brown. Abdomen covered with purple-brown 

 scales ; the terminal segment with a narrow white basal band ; 

 all segments with basal lateral spots ; border-hairs pale. 

 Legs dark purple-brown (iridescent) ; the femora pale be- 

 neath; the tibiae with pale apical spots. Ungues simple and 

 equal. Wings covered with pale brown scales. First sub- 

 marginal cell longer and narrower than second posterior. 

 Stem of first submarginal \ length of cell ; stem of second 

 posterior £ length of cell. Posterior cross-vein more than its 

 length behind mid cross-vein. Halteres with pale stem and 

 knob. 



Length 5 mm. 



cf very similar to female. Palpi acuminate, dark brown, 

 unhanded, with dark brown bristles. Wings : stem of first 

 submarginal cell \ length of cell ; stem of second posterior 

 cell more than -5 length of cell ; posterior cross-vein double 

 its own length behind the mid cross-vein. 



Length 5 mm. 



Culcx aquilus, sp. n. 



£ . — Head black, covered with fine white narrow curved 

 scales and black upright forked ones, with some pale forked 

 scales in front. Lateral patches of small white flat scales. 

 White borders to orbits, with golden bristles converging 

 forward. Palpi pale brown, unhanded, acuminate, longer 

 than proboscis by more than the length of the terminal 

 segment. Terminal segments nearly equal in length, with 

 dark brown hairs. Proboscis brown, unhanded. Clypeus 

 dark brown. Antennce : basal segment brown ; plume-hairs 

 brown. Thorax pale brown, covered with fine ochreous 

 narrow curved scales, showing two longitudinal bare lines. 

 Three rows of fine brown bristles on anterior half and four 

 rows of coarse dark brown bristles on posterior half. Scu- 

 tellum covered with fine white scales, with 5 or 6 brown 

 bristles on the mid lobe, 3 bristles on the lateral lobes. Meta- 



