196 A Monograph of Culicidae. 



Abdomen purplish-black with basal yellowish white bands 

 to the segments, which expand laterally and spread on to the 

 venter. 



Legs with knee spot and long tibial bristles, pale tibio- 

 metatarsal tufts and the three last hind tarsals pale yellow; 

 posterior ungues much smaller than the others, all apparently 

 equal and simple. 

 Length. — 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Bahr-el-Jebel, North Sudd Country. 

 Observations. — Described from a single damaged male mounted 

 in balsam. It is most marked owing to the curious form of the 

 palpi which separate it from all other Culicids except chamberlaini. 

 It undoubtedly comes in the same genus as Miss Ludlow's species. 

 I referred to it in the "Wellcome Laboratory Report as " a new 

 genus and species." 



Genus SCUTOMYIA. Theobald. 



The Entomologist, p. 77 (1904) ; Genera Insect. Fam. Culicid., p. 19 (1905), 



Theobald. 



Head covered with flat scales except in the mid region, 

 where there are narrow-curved scales forming a median row. 

 Scutellum entirely clothed with flat scales. Other characters as 

 in Macleaya. 



This genus differs from Stegomyia in having narrow-curved 

 scales on the head, and from Macleaya in having the scutellum 

 with all flat scales. From Leicesteria it differs in having all flat 

 scales on the scutellum. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Five species are known, 

 occurring in Africa, Australia, Malay States, and Philippine 

 Islands. 



1. S. notoscripta, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 1738 



(1889) (Australia). 



albopictus, Skuse, Indian Mus. Notes, Vol. XXXV., p. 20. 



2. S. sugens, Wiedemann, Aussereurop. Zweifl. Ins., p. 545 (1828) (West 



and Central Africa). 



vittatus, Bigot, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. S. 4, Vol. I. (1861). 



3. S. marshallii, Theobald, Mono. Culicid. Vol. I., p. 310 (1901) (Central 



Africa). 



4. S. nivea, Ludlow, Journ. New York Ent. Soc. Vol. II., p. 139 (1903), 



(Philippine Islands, Fed. Malay States). 



5. S. albolineata Theobald, The Entom., p. 77 (1904) (Kuala Lumpur). 



