Genus Lophoscelomyia. 91 



apical spot which spreads on to the first long vein, next costal 

 spot about the same size spreading on to the first long vein, but 

 with a small median dark spot on the latter, next costal spot 

 minute, not spreading on to the first long vein, apical spot larger 

 and spreading evenly on to the first long vein ; veins all dark 

 scaled otherwise, except at the base of the fork-cells and at the 

 posterior cross-vein and a small area at the base of the third 

 vein ; fork-cells short, the first sub-marginal longer and narrower 

 than the second posterior, its base nearer the base of the wing, 

 its stem about as long as the cell, stem of the second posterior 

 longer than the cell ; fringe black, a yellow spot at the junction 

 of the upper branch of the fifth and the lower branch of the 

 second posterior cell. 



Length. — 6 mm. 



Time of capture. — June and August. 



Habitat. — Togo, Jinja in Busago ; Pokino, Toro ; Bulema, 

 Ankole ; Kavirondo, all in Uganda. 



Observations. — Described from a $ specimen taken by 

 Dr. Christy in 1902. Others have been taken by Dr. Aubrey 

 Hodges in 1903. 



The species cannot be confused with any other species owing 

 to its marked long lateral tufts of hair-like abdominal scales. 



Genus LOPHOSCELOMYIA. Theobald. 



LojpJiomyia. Giles (non Theobald). 



• The Entomologist,' Vol. XXXVII., p. 12 (1904), Theobald; Journ. Trop. 

 Med. VII., p. 366 (Lophomyia), Giles (1904) ; Gen. Ins. Fam. Culicid. 

 p. 10 (1905), Theobald; Les Moust. p. 635, (1905) Blanchard. 



Head with upright forked scales and some narrow-curved 

 ones ; palpi densely scaled in both sexes, most so in the male ; 

 thorax with very long curved hair-like scales. Prothoracic lobes 

 large, with a tuft of black spatulate scales on the anterior face 

 and with black bristles. Abdomen with hairs only, except the 

 last two segments, which have lanceolate scales. Hind legs with 

 a dense tuft of outstanding scales on the apex of the femora. 

 Wings clothed with broadish blunt lanceolate scales. 



This genus approaches Nyssorliynchus, Theobald, but differs in 

 having long curved hair-like scales on the thorax instead of 

 narrow-curved and spindle shaped ones. 



