Genus Culiciomyia. ITl 



E. P. Felt placed this insect in his genus Culicada, but it 

 bears no resemblance to the type of Culicada or the allied species. 



It comes very near Howardina but must be placed in a new- 

 genus. 



Genus CULICIOMYIA, nov. gen. 



Head clothed with flat scales over most of its surface, and 

 spreading around the eyes, a triangular area of narrow-curved 

 scales in the middle, and at the base of the area at the back of 

 the head ; numerous long upright forked scales. 



Scutellum with narrow-curved scales. Palpi short in the 9 \ 

 long and acuminate with scanty hair-tufts in the $ . 



Wings with moderate sized fork-cells, the scales of 

 Taeniorhynchus like form but smaller. 



Male genitalia very marked, the clasper has teeth on the 

 outer edge of varied form, and there are large complex basal 

 spines. 



This genus may be easily told by the flat scales of the head 

 spreading far on to its upper surface, and around the eyes and 

 the wing scales. It resembles Culex in general appearance, 

 but can at once be distinguished by the characters mentioned 

 above. 



Five species occur ; two from Borneo and one from New 

 Guinea and two from Africa. 



They tabulate as follows : — 



a. Abdomen unhanded. 



£. First sub-marginal cell longer than pos- 

 terior inornata. n. sp. 



j8j8. First sub-marginal cell no longer than 



posterior ceylonica. n. sp. 



aa. Abdomen with basal and apical bands annulata. n. sp. 



aaa. Abdomen with basal grey bands ptilla. Theobald. 



aaaa. Abdomen with apical grey lateral spots ... freetownensis. Theobald. 



Culiciomyia inornata. n. sp. 



Head greyish in some lights, brown in others ; palpi and 

 proboscis brown. Thorax reddish-brown. Abdomen brown, 

 unhanded. Legs brown, unhanded. 



J . Head brown clothed with flat creamy and grey scales 

 extending well on to occiput and around the eyes, some of these 



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