﻿74 
  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS 
  — 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CULICIDAE 
  IN 
  THE 
  BRITISH 
  MUSEUM, 
  

  

  ones 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  veins 
  ; 
  lateral 
  vein-scales 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  linear- 
  

   lanceolate. 
  Bases 
  of 
  fork-cells 
  practically 
  level. 
  

  

  Gold 
  Coast 
  : 
  2 
  3 
  (including 
  type), 
  Accra, 
  19. 
  vi. 
  1908 
  and 
  2 
  $, 
  Obuasi, 
  8. 
  viii. 
  1907 
  

   and 
  ii. 
  x. 
  1907 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Graham). 
  

  

  Type 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  B. 
  luteolateralis 
  in 
  its 
  entirely 
  dark 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  but 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  pale 
  scales 
  from 
  the 
  wings, 
  amongst 
  other 
  differences, 
  will 
  readily 
  distinguish 
  it. 
  

  

  Culex 
  aurantapex, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  upright 
  forked 
  scales, 
  and 
  dark 
  brown 
  and 
  golden 
  narrow 
  

   curved 
  ones. 
  Proboscis 
  with 
  a 
  well-defined 
  yellowish 
  ring 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   no 
  yellow 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Palpi 
  mainly 
  with 
  dark 
  scales, 
  a 
  few 
  yellowish 
  ones 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  above, 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  scales 
  and 
  bristles, 
  

   a 
  few 
  golden 
  scales 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  surface, 
  most 
  numerous 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  

   Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  ; 
  segments 
  2-4 
  black-scaled 
  

   (dorsally), 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  orange 
  scales 
  ; 
  segments 
  5-8 
  almost 
  entirely 
  orange- 
  

   scaled 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  Legs 
  : 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  mainly 
  black 
  (except 
  the 
  

   under 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  femora), 
  with 
  scattered 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  black, 
  with 
  narrow 
  

   yellowish 
  rings 
  embracing 
  both 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  joints. 
  Wings 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   scales, 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  pale 
  ones 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Lateral 
  vein-scales 
  linear-lanceolate. 
  

   Fork-cells 
  long, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  with 
  its 
  base 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower. 
  Cross- 
  veins 
  separated 
  by 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  one. 
  

  

  Length 
  about 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  British 
  East 
  Africa 
  : 
  1 
  $, 
  Nairobi, 
  18. 
  viii. 
  1912 
  (T. 
  J. 
  Anderson). 
  

  

  Type 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  strikingly 
  marked 
  variety 
  of 
  C. 
  annulioris, 
  

   Theo., 
  or 
  C. 
  bitaeniorhynchus, 
  Giles 
  (= 
  C. 
  ager), 
  but 
  the 
  black 
  thorax 
  and 
  the 
  orange 
  

   tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  appearance. 
  Leicester's 
  " 
  Taeniorhynchus 
  " 
  

   domesticus 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  States 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  similar 
  colouring, 
  but 
  has 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   pale 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  Leptosomatomyia 
  fraseri, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  narrow 
  curved 
  and 
  upright 
  forked 
  scales 
  above, 
  a 
  few 
  flat 
  

   scales 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  scales 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  Basal 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  orange, 
  

   without 
  scales 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  with 
  a 
  whorl 
  of 
  rather 
  long 
  blackish 
  scales 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  (except 
  the 
  last 
  two) 
  have 
  the 
  usual 
  whorl 
  of 
  long 
  hairs 
  just 
  before 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  a 
  distinct 
  tuft 
  of 
  shorter 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   side 
  (a 
  similar 
  tuft 
  occurs 
  in 
  Uranotaenia, 
  Orthopodomyia, 
  Ficalbia 
  and 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  

   Mimomyia, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  marked 
  in 
  this 
  species 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen) 
  ; 
  

   last 
  antennal 
  joint 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  penultimate 
  ; 
  whole 
  antennae 
  markedly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  Palpi 
  scarcely 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  thin, 
  without 
  hair 
  

   tufts, 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  purplish 
  scales. 
  Proboscis 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  a 
  little 
  

   thinner 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  basal 
  half 
  with 
  dark 
  purplish 
  scales 
  gradually 
  

  

  