CULICID GENUS LEICESTEKIA, THEOBALD. 



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16. iv. 04." The basal lobes of the male genitalia bear two teeth ; the claspers 

 have four teeth placed rather far apart, and also on the opposite side a row 

 of scales. 



Recorded only from the Kuala Lumpur district. 



7. L. longipalpis, Leic. 



Leicesteria longipalpis, Leic, Entomologist, xxxvi, p. 211 (i904). 



This species is represented in the British Museum by the type male (from 

 which the accompanying drawing was taken), the type female and one other 

 female. The male genital claspers are much broader than in any other species 

 and, in addition to the three chitinous teeth, are provided with a large mem- 

 branous projection ; the basal lobes of the side-pieces bear three teeth and the 

 side-pieces themselves have a large patch of scales which seem to project 

 inwards. 



Known definitely only from the Kuala Lumpur district. 



8. L. pendula, sp. n. <$ . 



Head clothed mainly with blackish flat scales ; a narrow border of creamy 

 ones round the eyes, large lateral creamy patches, and a small patch in the 

 middle also creamy. Clypeus bare. Thorax coloured much as in the other 



Fig. 5. — Male genitalia of Leicesteria pendula, Edw. 

 members of the genus: integument reddish brown; mesonotum clothed willi 

 dark brown narrow scales, with a narrow border of creamy ones ; scales on 

 pleurae and prothoracic lobes whitish, those on scutellum dark brown. Legs 

 with scales all dark brown, except those on the undersides of the femora, which 

 are whitish. Front tibiae markedly shorter than the middle and hind ones ; all 

 the tibiae noticeably longer than the corresponding metatarsi ; the last three 

 joints of the middle tarsi are (in the dried specimens) bent backwards. Front 

 claws very unequal ; the larger one with a single tooth near the base, the 

 smaller simple. Middle claws equal, rather small, each with a slight thickening 



