﻿80 
  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS 
  — 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CULICIDAE 
  IN 
  THE 
  BRITISH 
  MUSEUM, 
  

  

  latter 
  genus, 
  but 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   genitalia 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  typical 
  Culiciomyia 
  the 
  genus 
  is 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  present. 
  

  

  Loplioceratomyia 
  hewitti, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  dark 
  brown, 
  clothed 
  mainly 
  with 
  whitish 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  

   densest 
  near 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  flat 
  white 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  extend 
  up 
  towards 
  the 
  

   middle 
  line, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  Male 
  palpi 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  proboscis, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  joints 
  not 
  curved 
  upwards, 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  

   almost 
  devoid 
  of 
  hairs 
  ; 
  no 
  finger-like 
  process 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Antennae 
  of 
  <$ 
  : 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  without 
  scales, 
  with 
  a 
  blunt 
  prominence 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  joints 
  2-7 
  without 
  

   any 
  specially 
  developed 
  scales 
  or 
  hairs 
  ; 
  eighth 
  joint 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  bunch 
  of 
  crumpled 
  

   scales 
  on 
  its 
  under 
  or 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  ninth 
  segment 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  long 
  bent 
  process, 
  

   probably 
  consisting 
  of 
  several 
  scales 
  adhering 
  together 
  ; 
  tenth 
  and 
  following 
  segments 
  

   normal, 
  without 
  an}^ 
  scales. 
  Thorax 
  brown 
  above, 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales 
  

   and 
  bristles, 
  two 
  lines 
  of 
  long 
  bristles 
  running 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  

   scales 
  on 
  scutellum 
  pale 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  yellowish. 
  Abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   scales 
  above 
  and 
  dirty 
  white 
  ones 
  below. 
  Legs 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales, 
  femora 
  white- 
  

   scaled 
  beneath 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  legs 
  of 
  male 
  unequal 
  but 
  apparently 
  all 
  simple. 
  

   Wings 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  vein-scales 
  with 
  their 
  apices 
  slightly 
  expanded 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  

   fork-cell 
  considerably 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  Sarawak 
  : 
  Matang 
  (J. 
  Hewitt), 
  4 
  <J 
  (including 
  type) 
  1 
  5 
  in 
  British 
  Museum 
  ; 
  other 
  

   specimens 
  (paratypes) 
  in 
  Cambridge 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Type 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Cambridge 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  L. 
  brevipalpus, 
  Theo. 
  (= 
  eminentia, 
  Leic.) 
  in 
  its 
  short 
  male 
  

   palpi 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   any 
  tuft 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  or 
  seventh 
  antenna! 
  segments. 
  Except 
  for 
  the 
  curious 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  the 
  antennae 
  closely 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  L. 
  minutissima 
  (Theo.).* 
  

  

  Lophoceratomyia 
  quadripalpis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Head 
  clothed 
  rather 
  sparsely 
  with 
  dark 
  narrow 
  curved 
  and 
  upright 
  forked 
  scales 
  : 
  

   flat 
  whitish 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  extend 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  as 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  

   border 
  round 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Palpi 
  dark-scaled, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  ; 
  last 
  two 
  joints 
  turned 
  upwards, 
  hairy 
  ; 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   finger-like 
  process 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  palp 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  Proboscis 
  dark-scaled. 
  

   Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  unsealed, 
  normal 
  in 
  shape 
  ; 
  6th 
  joint 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  side 
  

   with 
  a 
  row 
  or 
  tuft 
  of 
  about 
  six 
  dark 
  brown 
  lanceolate 
  scales, 
  their 
  tips 
  pointed, 
  but 
  

   not 
  hair-like 
  ; 
  seventh, 
  eighth 
  and 
  ninth 
  segments 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  tufts 
  of 
  black 
  

   crumpled 
  scales, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  ninth 
  segment 
  much 
  the 
  longest 
  ; 
  tenth 
  segment 
  with 
  

   about 
  five 
  lanceolate, 
  sharp-pointed, 
  light 
  brown 
  scales 
  on 
  its 
  under 
  side 
  (very 
  

  

  * 
  Lophoceratomyia 
  miuntissima 
  (Theo.) 
  = 
  Cidiciomyia 
  minutissima, 
  Theo.= 
  0. 
  nigerrima, 
  

   Theo.= 
  Melanoconion 
  juxtapallidiceps, 
  Theo. 
  I 
  have 
  recently 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   examining 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  collected 
  by 
  Major 
  S. 
  P. 
  James 
  in 
  Ceylon. 
  

   A 
  male 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  included 
  accidentally 
  by 
  Theobald 
  in 
  his 
  series 
  of 
  L. 
  uniformis. 
  The 
  

   type 
  male 
  of 
  L. 
  uniformis 
  has 
  a 
  mammillate 
  basal 
  antennal 
  joint 
  and 
  belongs 
  in 
  fact 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  species 
  as 
  L. 
  bicomuta, 
  Theo., 
  and 
  L. 
  mammillifer, 
  Leic. 
  ; 
  over 
  both 
  these 
  last 
  

   names 
  L. 
  uniformis 
  takes 
  precedence. 
  

  

  