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A Monograph of Culicidae, 



apex of the wing than that of the second posterior cell ; stem of 

 the second posterior cell not quite as long as the cell ; posterior 



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Fig. 210. 

 Antennal organs of Lophoceratomyia fra udatrix. cT . Theobald. 



cross-vein nearly three times its own length distant from the mid 

 cross- vein ; the pseudo-vein between the fifth and sixth long veins 

 very distinct. 



Ungues of fore and mid legs unequal, the fore both uniserrated 



Fig. 211. 



Wing of Lophoceratomyia fraudatrix. 



<f. Theobald. 



the mid simple, the hind small, equal and simple. Claspers of 

 the genitalia curved and twisted, blade-like. 



Length. — 3 to 4 mm. 



Habitat. — New Guinea, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (Biro, 1900), 

 and Stephansoff, Astrolabe Bay (Biro, 1900). 



Observations. — Described from a large series of $ 's and several 

 9 s. The false vein is very prominent in all the specimens. The 

 allied species described here differ from fraudatrix in haying the 

 antennal organs of different form. 



Types in the National Museum, Budapest. 



