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2. P. hohnbergii, Arribalzaga, Dipt. Argent, p. 40 (1891) (Argentine, Brazil). 



3. P. scintilla 11s, Walker, Dipt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 1, p. 1 (1S48) (Amazon region, Para, Trinidad). 



Sabethes scintillans, Walker. 



4. P. kowardii, Coquillett, Canad. Ent. p. a5S (1901) (South Carolina). 



3. Genus MUCIDUS, Theobald 



Mucidus. Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 268(1901). 



Characters. — Head clothed with narrow- curved, upright forked and long twisted scales. 

 Thorax with narrow-curved and long twisted scales with expanded heads. Abdomen with dense ragged 

 scales, which stand out from the surface. Legs densely scaled with projecting scales; ungues of 9 small, 

 thick, equal and uniserrated. Wings ornamented, scales broadly pyriform and particolored, venation as 

 in Culex but the posterior cross-vein is nearer the apex of the wing than the mid cross-vein. Palpi of 9 

 half as long as the proboscis ; of the rj 1 a little longer. Large mould}' looking species, easily told by 

 the twisted head and thoracic scales and the wing scales. 



Geographical distribution of species. — This genus is represented in India, East Indes, 

 Australia and Africa. So far no representatives are known to occur in the Americas. 



r. M. alternans, Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Vol.3, p. 384 (1 835) (Queensland, New South 

 Wales. Natal?). 



is, Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt. p. 422(iS56). 

 hispidosus. Skuse, Trans. Linn. Soc. X. S. Wales, p. 1726 (1891). 

 Culex alter a jus, Westwood. 



2. M. africanus, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 274 (1901) (West Africa, Central Africa, Sudan). — 



Plate I, Fig. 7. 



3. M. mucidus, Karsch. Ent. Xachr. p. zS (1887) (Swan River, Delagoa Bay, Whydah, West Africa). 



Culex mucidus. Karsch. 



4. M. scataphagoides, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 277 (1901) (Burma, N. W. Provinces, India). 



5. M. laniger, Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. p. 9 (1821) (Java). 



Culex laniger. Wiedemann. 



4. Genus ERETMAPODITES, Theobald 



Eretmapodites. Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 280 (1901). 



Characters. — Head clothed with flat and upright forked scales. Mescir.cifx with cunec' 

 like scales; scutellum with flat scales on the mid lobe. Abdomen clothed with flat scales, somewhat 

 flattened laterally and expanded apically in the rf . Legs rather long the last two segments of the hind 

 legs in the q* densely scaled forming a distinct paddle. Palpi of rj* long and thin, acuminate, no hair 

 tufts; in the 9 short of 4 segments. Wings with Culex venation, scales dense and broad. 



Geographical distribution of species. — There maybe two species amongst the specimens 

 in the British Museum, but the only difference I can detect is that some rf 's have no paddles and as these 

 may have been rubbed off I have only definitely described one species, particularly as they were all 

 collected in the same place. 



1. E. quinquevitiahis , Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 28o(igoi)(Westand Central Africa). — Piate I, Fig. 10. 



2. E. austenii, n. sp. ? (Doubtfully district 1 . 



5. Genus DESVOIDYA, Blanchard (i) 



Desvoidya. Blanchard, C. r. Soc. Biol. Paris, n° 37, liii(igoi). 

 Armigeres. Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 322 (1901). 



1 This is spelt iJesvoid'.'a by Blanchard. 



