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in Leicester's description of this species (and of some others in the genus) which 

 will be called attention to in a future paper. Meanwhile it may be noted that 

 the curious structures on the antennae of the males evidently afford good specific 

 characters in this group, and that in comparing specimens particular attention 

 has been given to them. 



-12a. Lophoceratomyia rubithoracis, Leic 



Lophoccratomyia rubithoracis, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 119 (1908). 

 Oculiomyia fulleri) Ludlow, Can. Ent. xli, p. 97 (1909). 

 Miss Ludlow has kindly sent me specimens of both sexes of her O.fulleri, and 

 I have found them specifically identical with Leicester's co-types. 



43. Lophoceratomyia barkeri (Theo.). 



Philodendromyia barkeri* Theo., Mon. Cul. iv, p. 623 (1907). ' 

 Lophoceratomyia sylvestris, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 125 (1908). 

 Theobald's P. barkeri was said to be described from two males, but although 

 the single specimen in the British Museum has now lost its abdomen it is 

 perfectly obvious that it is a female of the Culex group, and it is quite as evident 

 that it is one of Theobald's specimens. It was simply the mistake as to sex 

 which caused Theobald to erect a new genus for his insect. From certain 

 peculiarities of the wing-scales, I judge P. barkeri to belong to the group 

 Lophoceratomyia, and can see nothing to separate it from Leicester's L. sylvestris, 

 though in the absence of a male it is practically impossible to distinguish some 

 of the species. It seems best when possible to assign such names as P. barkeri 

 to some recognised species, rather than leave them as mere catalogue names. 



44. Lophoceratomyia mammilifer, Leic 



Lophoceratomyia mammilifer, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 128 (1908). 

 Lophoceratomyia bicornuta, Theo., Rec Ind. Mus. iv., p. 25 (1910). 

 Theobald gives quite good figures of the male antennae, which make 

 L. bicornuta easily recognisable as the same as L,. mammilifer. 



45. Lophoceratomyia brevipalpus, Theo. 



L.ophoceratomyia brevipalpus, Theo., Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung, iii, p. 96 (1905). 



Lophoceratomyia eminentia, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 131 (i908). 

 Leicester states that X. eminentia differs from L. brevipalpus " in the absence 

 of the mammiliform projection on the basal joint of the antenna, the untoothed 

 mid ungues, and the golden scales on the sixth antennal joint." But ( 1) Leicester's 

 type distinctly shows a blunt prominence on the inner side of the basal joint of 

 the antennae, as figured by Theobald ; (2) the larger claw of the mid legs of both 

 specimens is untoothed, and the presence or absence of a tooth on the smaller 

 claw may not be a specific character : (3) although Theobald does not describe 

 the antennae in detail he gives a fairly good figure which shows that their 

 structure is really exactly the same as in Leicester's type. I have therefore no 

 hesitation in adopting the above-quoted synonymy. 



