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  two 
  or 
  three 
  facets. 
  Bristles 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Clypeus 
  dark 
  brown, 
  bare. 
  Tori 
  

   ochreous, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  golden 
  scales. 
  Proboscis 
  black-scaled, 
  slender, 
  but 
  

   scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  front 
  femora. 
  Palpi 
  black-scaled, 
  nearly 
  a 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  Thorax 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  integument. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  with 
  

   some 
  flat 
  scales 
  in 
  front, 
  narrow 
  golden 
  ones 
  behind. 
  Pro-epimera 
  densely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  flat 
  creamy 
  scales 
  below, 
  narrow 
  golden 
  ones 
  above. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  small 
  

   narrow, 
  curved 
  scales 
  ; 
  dorsally 
  black, 
  sides 
  rather 
  broadly 
  golden 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   central 
  golden 
  line 
  running 
  the 
  whole 
  length, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  shorter 
  golden 
  lines 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Pre-scutellar 
  bristles 
  small 
  ; 
  no 
  bristles 
  on 
  disc. 
  Mid 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  scutellum 
  with 
  flat 
  black 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  flat 
  creamy 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  ; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  broadish 
  curved 
  creamy 
  scales. 
  Pleurae 
  

   for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  flat 
  greyish-white 
  scales 
  ; 
  postspiracular 
  

   area 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  narrow 
  curved 
  golden 
  scales 
  ; 
  bristles 
  all 
  pale 
  ; 
  four 
  

   pro-epimeral, 
  about 
  six 
  post-spiracular, 
  two 
  lower 
  mesepimeral. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  

   the 
  first 
  tergite 
  black 
  dorsally, 
  white 
  laterally 
  ; 
  tergites 
  2-7 
  with 
  small 
  median 
  

   basal 
  creamy 
  spots, 
  diminishing 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  seventh, 
  and 
  with 
  

   large 
  basal 
  creamy 
  lateral 
  spots 
  ; 
  venter 
  creamy. 
  Seventh 
  segment 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   sixth, 
  but 
  narrower 
  ; 
  eighth 
  rather 
  small 
  and 
  retracted, 
  but 
  the 
  sternite 
  visible, 
  

   densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  cerci 
  short 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Legs 
  slender, 
  

   purplish 
  black, 
  femora 
  pale 
  beneath 
  basally 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  also 
  laterally 
  to 
  about 
  

   four-fifths. 
  No 
  pale 
  knee-spots. 
  All 
  tibiae 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  first 
  hind 
  tarsal 
  

   segments 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibia. 
  Claws 
  all 
  simple 
  and 
  rather 
  small. 
  Wings 
  with 
  

   purplish 
  black 
  scales, 
  outstanding 
  ones 
  linear 
  to 
  somewhat 
  clavate 
  (on 
  upper 
  fork- 
  

   cell) 
  with 
  square 
  ends. 
  Fork-cells 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  their 
  stems, 
  base 
  of 
  upper 
  

   a 
  little 
  nearer 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  lower. 
  Wing-length 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  N. 
  Australia 
  : 
  Moa 
  Island 
  {G. 
  F. 
  Hill, 
  No. 
  1520). 
  

  

  Type 
  £ 
  (unique) 
  in 
  the 
  Australian 
  Institute 
  of 
  Tropical 
  Medicine. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  with 
  some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  A. 
  (S). 
  funerea 
  var. 
  omata, 
  

   but 
  with 
  quite 
  different 
  abdominal 
  and 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined 
  thoracic 
  markings, 
  

   different 
  scutellar 
  scaling, 
  etc. 
  The 
  thoracic 
  adornment 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Javan 
  Armigeres 
  (Scutomyia) 
  trenbi, 
  de 
  Meij., 
  which 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  stouter 
  proboscis, 
  

   shorter 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  toothed 
  claws, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Culex 
  (Lophoceratomyia) 
  hilli, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  clothed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  with 
  flat 
  black 
  scales 
  (not 
  easy 
  to 
  see 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  their 
  colour), 
  pale 
  flat 
  ones 
  low 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  brown 
  

   narrow 
  curved 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  just 
  reaching 
  the 
  vertex. 
  Proboscis 
  and 
  palpi 
  

   black-scaled, 
  the 
  latter 
  slender, 
  bare, 
  in 
  the 
  <$ 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  

   in 
  the 
  $ 
  about 
  one-sixth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  A 
  distinct 
  thumb-like 
  process 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  $ 
  palp. 
  Antennae 
  of 
  q 
  with 
  the 
  tori 
  shiny 
  black, 
  bare, 
  without 
  

   prominence 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  segment 
  2 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  3-9 
  about 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  10-12 
  each 
  rather 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  ; 
  

   13 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  14, 
  13 
  and 
  14 
  together 
  about 
  equalling 
  2-12 
  together 
  ; 
  6 
  with 
  

   an 
  outer 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  rather 
  short 
  and 
  inconspicuous 
  scales, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  

   one 
  rather 
  longer 
  and 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  which 
  are 
  almost 
  hairlike 
  ; 
  7 
  and 
  

   8 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  short 
  twisted 
  tufts 
  ; 
  9 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  long 
  matted 
  tuft 
  ; 
  10 
  

   with 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  long 
  scales, 
  broadest 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  long 
  sharp 
  tips, 
  directed 
  

   externo-ventrally 
  ; 
  1 
  1 
  with 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  long 
  hair-like 
  scales, 
  directed 
  ventrally. 
  

   Thorax 
  with 
  blackish 
  brown 
  integument, 
  clothed 
  rather 
  densely 
  with 
  small 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  curved 
  scales 
  and 
  black 
  bristles. 
  Pleurae 
  shining, 
  somewhat 
  lighter 
  in 
  colour 
  

   than 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  small 
  patches 
  of 
  inconspicuous 
  pale 
  scales; 
  

   bristles 
  black 
  : 
  four 
  pro-epimeral, 
  six 
  rather 
  widely 
  spaced 
  stern 
  opleural, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  

   pre-alar, 
  one 
  lower 
  mesepimeral, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  upper 
  mesepimeral, 
  no 
  spiracular. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  dorsally, 
  the 
  tergites 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  whitish 
  basal 
  lateral 
  spots, 
  

  

  