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A Monograph of Culicidae. 



Fore and mid ungues unequal and both uniserrate ; the hind 

 unequal but simple. 



The claspers of the genitalia with a large basal lobe, the 

 clasper itself being long, narrow and curved, there does not 



Fig. 85. 

 Male genitalia of Pecomyia maculata. Theobald. 



appear to be a terminal lateral segment ; hairy basal lobe ; 

 barpes short and blunt. 



Length. — The same as the female. 



Habitat. — India (Drs. James and Christophers). 



Observations. — A very obscure species until examined micro- 

 scopically, when the squamose characters of the scutellum and 

 wings at once show that it is not a Grabltamia, which it 

 superficially resembles. 



It however bears a very stong resemblance to a Grabhamta. 

 The male genitalia are very marked. I am not sure as to the 

 hind ungues of the $ . I believe they are uniserrate. There is 

 some slight variation in the two $ 's (vide figs. 83 and 84). 



Pecomyia caeca. Theobald (11)01). 



Oulcx caecas. Theobald. 



Mono. Culicid. I., p. 413 (1901) ( $ only). 



<£ . Head brown with narrow-curved creamy scales on the 

 middle and upright brown forked scales, lateral scales fiat, dull 



