Genus Pecomyia. 26 fl 



white and spreading rather far on to the surface of the head ; 

 proboscis deep brown apparently somewhat paler in the middle ; 

 palpi brown, the two last segments with basal white bands, the 

 long segment with a broad yellow band and a narrower basal 

 one, the penultimate segment about the same length bub thicker 



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Fig. 86. 

 Wing of Pecomyia caeca. 9 . Theobald. 



than the apical one, the apex of the antepenultimate is thickened ; 

 there is a rather dense hair -tuft on the penultimate and apex of 

 antepenultimate segments, scantier hairs on the apical segment, 

 hairs brown and golden brown ; antennae grey, banded with 

 brown and with flaxen brown plume-hairs, joints somewhat cup 

 shaped, basal segment large and pale brown. 



Thorax and abdomen similar to the 9 , but the basal bands of 

 the latter spread out laterally on the last few segments, hairs 

 pale golden-brown. 



Fore and mid ungues unequal, uniserrate. 



The $ claspers are long and end in a large fork. 



Length. — 5 mm. 



Additional habitat. — Ipoh-Parak, Federated Malay States 

 (Dr. Durham) \ Philippine Islands (Miss Ludlow). 



Observations. — This species was originally described from 

 some 9 ' s an d was placed provisionally in the genus Culex. The 

 scutellar scale structure excludes it from that genus and it comes 

 in the genus Pecomyia. The male genitalia are peculiar as far 

 as I can see from a single preparation, the claspers are long and 

 widely forked. The male described here was passed over in a 

 collection sent to the Museum in 1902. 



The scutellar flat scales shown in the figure in Vol. I. of this 

 work are too broad. 



A female wing is reproduced for reference. 



