STUDIES IN PHLEBOTOMIC DIPTERA, NO. I. 169 



Family CHIRONOMID.F. 

 CULICOIDES TOWNSVILLENSIS, sp. n. 



(Fig. 3-) 



9 Head .' Black, with golden pubescence ; antenna' blackish-brown, apex of last joint nipple-like, 

 pubescence dark ; palpi dark brown, pubescence pale, first two segments longer than third and fourth 

 together, second segment strongly emarginate on its inner edges, first segment with a distinct notch 

 on the outer edge ol the basal third ; eyes black. 



Thorax: Dull black, with fairly dense lemon coloured pubescence, scutellum similar; pleurae 

 black. Halteres with orange coloured knobs. 



Abdomen: Black, with dark brown pubescence; venter brown. 



Legs : Femora brown, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown, pubescence pale, fairly long on the femora, 

 mid tibia' about two and a half times the length of first tarsi, posterior tibia' about twice the length 

 of first tarsi. 



Wings: Longer than abdomen, clear, covered with brown pubescence; costa, first and second 

 longitudinal veins brown, the latter reaching the costa considerably in front of the base of the fifth 

 longitudinal fork. 



Length, i mm. (vix) ; length of wing, i mm. 



Hab.— Q. : Townsvillc (Dr. W. J. Young). 



Described from five specimens taken during the morning while biting. It appears to be most 

 nearly related to C. iniausculus (Skuse), but is readily distinguished on venational characters 

 alone. 



CULICOIDES MULTIMACULATUS, sp. n. 



9 Head : Black, pubescence pale ; antenna? with scape, black, prominent, pedical yellowish, 

 longer than following joint and about twice as wide, next seven joints pale yellowish-brown, remainder 

 brown, the apical longest, stout, and ending in a blunt point ; proboscis and palpi dark-brown, the 

 latter with the second joint swollen, pubescence black. 



Thorax : Black, with brown tomentum, sides with grey tomentum not reaching the shoulders, 

 with a brown spot superimposed in front of the wing roots and two large grey ones in the centre of the 

 thorax ; pubescence pale ; scutellum black. 



Abdomen : Black, with fault grey tomentum, pubescence pale, scanty. 



Legs : Brown, femora and tibiae with a subapical pale ring, pubescence black ; fore tibiae about 

 once and a half the length of the first tarsals. 



Wings : Brown, longer than thorax and abdomen, with fourteen clear spots, the largest situated 

 behind the apex of the first long vein ; veins brown ; first and second long veins reaching the costa 

 considerably in front of the base of the fifth longitudinal fork ; pubescence black, fairly dense. 



