On new Gulicidie from Askanti. 373 



thin ; apex reddish, lower part with a whitish cuticle, orna- 

 mented above and below with narrow dark reddish-brown 

 spiral bands, with a broader one just below the periphery ; 

 whorls 5£, convex, first two with four or five raised spiral 

 striae, lower whorls almost smooth, having only numerous 

 close-set microscopical spirals ; peristome white, slightly ex- 

 panded ; aperture circular, inner portion showing exterior 

 bands ; operculum normal. 



Maj. diam. 13^, alt. 14 mm. 



Hab. Muswar Island, Geelvink Bay, Dutch New Guinea. 



Near pel/ucidum, Grat., but readily distinguished from that 

 species by its dark coloration, especialhy below the periphery 

 of last whorl; the spirals on the apex of muswarensis are 

 stronger, whereas the microscopical spirals on last whorl are 

 weaker than those of pcllucidum. 



This shell also bears a superficial resemblance to the 

 darker coloured specimens of the Bornean L. sericatum, Pf., 

 but is easily separated by the absence of raised spirals. 



LIII. — Five new Culicidse from Ashanti. 

 By F. V. Theobald, M.A. &c. 



The five new Culicidge described here were collected by 

 L>r. Graham in Ashanti. One has to be placed in a new 

 marked genus, which has been called Ftctinopalpus. 



Stegomyia apicoargentea, sp. n. 



Head black, with silvery white central spot and white eye- 

 borders ; palpi and proboscis deep brown, the former snow- 

 white at apex. Thorax deep brown, with two large round 

 silvery white spots and a small anterior median one ; pro- 

 thoracic lobes white and a small white spot at the base of the 

 wings; pleuise with white puncta. Abdomen dusky black, 

 last three segments with basal silvery spots, all the segments 

 with basal lateral silvery spots, and the venter with basal 

 white bands. Fore and mid legs with basal creamy bands to 

 metatarsi and first tarsal; hind with an additional band on 

 the stcond tarsal, and nearly all the third white ; femora of 

 fore and mid legs with a white spot below near apex, apex 

 white; in the hind legs base of venter white, and also apex 

 and the tibia; have a white spot beneath near base. 



Length. — 4 mm. 



