﻿DIAGNOSES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  BORNEAN 
  CULCIDAE. 
  285 
  

  

  Uranotaenia 
  obscura, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  integument 
  and 
  scales 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  

   dark 
  brownish, 
  only 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  being 
  somewhat 
  

   lighter. 
  

  

  Fourteen 
  specimens, 
  including 
  both 
  sexes, 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Sarawak 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Rachionotomyia 
  nepenthis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  the 
  flat 
  scales 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  dark 
  bluish-grey, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  incidence 
  

   of 
  light 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  border 
  round 
  the 
  eyes 
  paler, 
  but 
  not 
  distinctly 
  blue. 
  Clypeus 
  bare. 
  

   Proboscis 
  barely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  but 
  quite 
  thin 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Thorax 
  as 
  

   in 
  R. 
  aranoides, 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  brown, 
  broadly 
  spindle-shaped 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   prothoracic 
  lobes 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  behind 
  them 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  and 
  coxae 
  with 
  flat 
  silvery- 
  white 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  

   the 
  dorsum 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  continuous 
  lateral 
  light 
  brownish 
  stripe, 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  quite 
  even 
  in 
  width 
  but 
  broadens 
  out 
  somewhat 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  each 
  

   segment 
  ; 
  venter 
  ochreous. 
  Male 
  genitalia 
  resembling 
  those 
  of 
  R. 
  aranoides, 
  but 
  

   the 
  appendages 
  of 
  the 
  ninth 
  sternite 
  with 
  five 
  (not 
  three) 
  more 
  slender 
  spines. 
  

   Legs 
  dark 
  brown, 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  femora 
  ochreous. 
  Front 
  and 
  middle 
  claws 
  of 
  male 
  

   very 
  unequal, 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  legs 
  the 
  larger 
  claw 
  bears 
  a 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  ; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  

   with 
  a 
  single 
  minute 
  claw. 
  Wings 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   series 
  almost 
  linear 
  ; 
  long 
  lateral 
  scales 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  Base 
  of 
  upper 
  fork-cell 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  lower. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  4 
  S 
  2 
  $, 
  " 
  Bred 
  from 
  pitcher 
  plant, 
  Nov. 
  1907 
  " 
  (? 
  J. 
  Heivitt). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  R. 
  aranoides 
  in 
  the 
  shorter 
  proboscis, 
  brown 
  and 
  not 
  white-scaled 
  

   patch 
  behind 
  the 
  prothoracic 
  lobes, 
  slightly 
  irregular 
  lateral 
  abdominal 
  stripe 
  and 
  

   the 
  absence 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  claws 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs. 
  

  

  Rachionotomyia 
  proxima, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Closely 
  resembles 
  R. 
  coeruleocephala 
  (Leic), 
  differing 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Mesonotum 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  instead 
  of 
  black 
  scales 
  ; 
  larger 
  claw 
  of 
  front 
  legs 
  of 
  male 
  perfectly 
  

   simple, 
  not 
  notched 
  ; 
  bristles 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  appendages 
  of 
  the 
  ninth 
  sternite 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  longer. 
  

  

  1 
  c? 
  (tyP 
  e 
  ) 
  2 
  $, 
  from 
  old 
  collection 
  of 
  Sarawak 
  Museum 
  ; 
  also 
  1 
  <J 
  from 
  Ulu 
  Klang, 
  

   Selangor 
  (Dr. 
  G. 
  F. 
  Leicester) 
  and 
  1 
  (J 
  from 
  Ulu 
  Gombak, 
  Selangor 
  (Dr. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Stanton). 
  

  

  