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curved scales ; there are also upright forked scales; 'Scutellum with flat scales only. Mesothorax with 

 curved hair-like and narrow-curved scales. Metanotum nude. Fork-cells moderately long; first submar- 

 ginal longer and narrower than the second posterior cell, many of the lateral vein-scales long and broad. 

 I originally placed this genus in the Aedeomyinae but now I feel sure it comes near Stegomyia. No 

 C? 's have however yet been found. 



Geographical distribution of species. — A single species only at present known. 



i. /E. domesticus, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 2, p. 253 (1901) (West and Central Africa). 

 Uranotmnia domestica, Theobald. 



10. Genus LEICESTERIA, Theobald 



Leicesteria, Theobald, The Entom. p. 211 (Aug. 1904). 



Characters. — Head covered with flat scales, upright forked scales and a row of spindle shaped 

 ones around the eyes. Mesothorax with narrow and broad curved scales; scutellum and prothoracic 

 lobes with flat scales. Palpi of the cf's slender, no hair-tufts, longer than proboscis; of the 9 half the 

 length of the proboscis, composed of 4 segments. Wing scales and venation much as in Stegomyia. 



This genus comes near Erctmapodites in appearance but can at once be told by the scales around 

 the eyes and the great length of the 9 palpi. 



Geographical distribution of species. — A single species only occurs. 

 1. L. longipalpis, Leicester, The Entom. p, 211 (Aug. 1904) (Kuala Lumpur). 



I I. Genus MACLEAYA, Theobald 



Macleaya, Theobald, The Entom. Vol. 36, p. iS5 (1903). 



Characters. — Head clothed with flat scales except in the middle where they are in the form of 

 narrow-curved scales. Scutellum with flat scales to the mid lobe, narrow-curved ones to the lateral lobes. 



Geographical distribution of species. — This genus is represented by one species from 

 Australia. 

 1, M. tremula, Theobald, The Entom. Vol. 36, p. i55 (1903) (South Queensland). 



12. Genus HULECOETOMYlA, Theobald 



Hulecoetomyia, Theobald, The Entom, p. i63 (1904). 



Characters. — Head mostly covered with flat scales, but there is a pronounced median area 

 of narrow-curved scales, which also occur along the nape and around the eyes. Scutellum with a rosette 

 of flat and somewhat spindle shaped scales to the mid lobe and scattered ones of similar form on the 

 lateral lobes; prothoracic lobes with small flat scales. Fork-cells of wings small. Palpi short in the 9 ! i n 

 the cf long, but shorter than the proboscis, thin and devoid of hair-tufts; the apical joint about half the 

 length of the penultimate. 



This genus can at once be told by the cephalic characters and by the scutellar scales. The scutellar 

 scales are apparently all rounded apically and not pointed as in true spindle-shaped scales. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Two species occur in this genus, one previously 

 included in Stegomayia. 



1. H. trilineata, Leicester, The Entom. p. i63 (1904) (Kuala Lumpur). 

 2 H. pseudoianiata. Giles, The Entom. p. 192 (1901) (Northern India). 

 Stegomyia pseudotacniata, Giles . 



