﻿76 
  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS 
  — 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CULICIDAE 
  IN 
  THE 
  BRITISH 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  30) 
  in 
  the 
  comb 
  of 
  the 
  eighth 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  two 
  teeth 
  in 
  the 
  

   pecten. 
  Other 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  form 
  received 
  from 
  Uganda 
  — 
  Kasala 
  (Cap. 
  A. 
  D. 
  

   Eraser) 
  — 
  were 
  described 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  as 
  having 
  three 
  teeth 
  in 
  the 
  pecten, 
  two 
  short 
  

   and 
  one 
  long. 
  These 
  specimens 
  unfortunately 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  lost. 
  

  

  2. 
  E. 
  chrysogaster 
  var. 
  semisimplicipes, 
  var. 
  nov. 
  Projections 
  of 
  side-pieces 
  of 
  

   hypopygium 
  with 
  four 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  considerably 
  broader 
  and 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   type 
  form. 
  Basal 
  lobes 
  of 
  side-pieces 
  carrying 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  of 
  hairs 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   other 
  two 
  varieties, 
  but 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  peculiar 
  in 
  having 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  hairs 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  dilated 
  at 
  its 
  tip. 
  Last 
  two 
  joints 
  of 
  male 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  

   much 
  less 
  distinct 
  paddle-like 
  fringe 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  type. 
  >This 
  variety 
  is 
  represented 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  collection 
  by 
  some 
  specimens 
  from 
  Ashanti 
  — 
  1 
  (J, 
  Obuasi 
  

   (Dr. 
  W. 
  31. 
  Graham) 
  and 
  4^4$, 
  Akrokerri 
  (Dr. 
  A. 
  Ingram), 
  No 
  larvae 
  have 
  been 
  

   received. 
  

  

  3. 
  E. 
  chrysogaster 
  var. 
  subsimplicipes, 
  var. 
  nov. 
  Projections 
  of 
  side-pieces 
  of 
  

   hypopygium 
  with 
  two 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  considerably 
  broader 
  and 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  type 
  form. 
  Last 
  two 
  joints 
  of 
  male 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  slight 
  (though 
  

   always 
  perceptible) 
  paddle-like 
  fringe. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Nyasaland 
  — 
  Mlanje 
  (S. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  

   They 
  have 
  from 
  10-22 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  comb 
  on 
  the 
  eighth 
  segment, 
  and 
  three 
  teeth 
  in 
  

   the 
  pecten, 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  size 
  (one 
  specimen 
  has 
  only 
  two 
  pecten 
  teeth). 
  No 
  other 
  

   differences 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  form 
  are 
  apparent. 
  Adults 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mlanje 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  Zanzibar 
  (Sebeleni 
  Swamp, 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Aders). 
  Probably 
  

   all 
  East 
  African 
  specimens 
  are 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  variety. 
  

  

  Leicesteria 
  omissa, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  : 
  scales 
  black 
  above, 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  rim 
  round 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   and 
  a 
  small 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  nape 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  bare. 
  Basal 
  and 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  with 
  small 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Proboscis 
  and 
  palpi 
  entirely 
  black-scaled 
  ; 
  

   in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  palpi 
  are 
  nearly 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  Thorax 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown 
  scales 
  above, 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  white-scaled, 
  pleurae 
  

   white-scaled. 
  Scutellum 
  with 
  flat 
  blackish 
  scales, 
  some 
  dull 
  creamy 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  

   lobe. 
  Abdomen 
  black-scaled 
  above, 
  first 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  patch 
  extending 
  

   evenly 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  segments 
  2-7 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  large, 
  oblique, 
  

   subtriangular 
  white 
  patches, 
  their 
  upper 
  edges 
  concave. 
  On 
  segments 
  6 
  and 
  7, 
  but 
  

   not 
  on 
  2-5, 
  are 
  small 
  basal 
  lateral 
  yellow 
  patches. 
  The 
  white 
  patches 
  do 
  not 
  quite 
  

   reach 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  and 
  are 
  only 
  just 
  visible 
  from 
  above. 
  Legs 
  

   black-scaled 
  ; 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  femora 
  white 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  whitish 
  

   except 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  dorsally. 
  Front 
  tibiae 
  markedly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  

   hind 
  pair 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  practically 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibia. 
  Front 
  claws 
  

   of 
  male 
  very 
  unequal, 
  the 
  larger 
  claw 
  thick, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  tooth 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  smaller 
  one 
  thin 
  and 
  untoothed 
  ; 
  mid 
  claws 
  of 
  male 
  and 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  claws 
  of 
  

   female 
  equal, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  tooth 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  small, 
  equal 
  and 
  

   simple. 
  Wings 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  fork-cell 
  with 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  lateral 
  vein-scales 
  linear 
  or 
  nearlv 
  so. 
  

  

  