﻿KNOWN LARVAE OF AFRICAN CULICINAE. 



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Genus Aedomyia, Theo. 



A. catasticta, Knab. This larva is most peculiar. The antennae are enormous, 

 and flattened laterally, the subterminal bristles, as in Mansonioides, being 

 remarkably long. The palpi are very large, placed unusually far back on the 

 head, and are provided with a large membranous flap and a long terminal spine. 

 In all the specimens they are pendent. The plumose hairs on the front of the 

 thorax are of a most extraordinary length, reaching far beyond even the tips of 

 the antennal bristles. Though the siphon has no definite pecten, it has a trans- 

 verse row of soft hairs near the base, and another row of similar hairs on the 

 ventral side. Soft hairs are also present on the dorsal side of the anal segment, 

 which, so far as I know, is an absolutely unique character. 



There seems to be nothing very distinctive about the pupa. The respiratory 

 tubes are moderately short and the anal flaps are normal in form. 



Fig. 5. — Aedomyia catasticta. Knab. 



Genus Theobaldia, N.-L. 



Pecten with about 25 teeth, most of which are produced into long 



hairs ; tuft of antennae moderately small ... ammlata (Schrank). 



Pecten with seven teeth, which though acuminate are not produced 



into hairs ; antennal tuft minute ... ... ... spathipalpis (Rond.). 



Genus Culex, L. 

 (including Culiciomyia, Theo.) 



1. Siphon swollen towards the middle, with a more or less distinct 

 dark ring near the apex ; no distinct hair-tufts, these being 

 represented by long solitary hairs... ... ... ... duttoni, Theo. 



Siphon not swollen towards the middle, hair-tufts usually distinct 

 even if small ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2. 



