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in the male ; proboscis swollen at the apex, with hairs along the 
apical portion, especially prevalent in the male. Thorax clothed 
with narrow-curved scales, and rows and patches of flat scales ; 
scutellum with flat scales on the mid or lateral lobes, or both. 
Abdomen densely clothed with flat scales, either banded or 
unbanded. Wings with very small fork-cells, with the veins 
clothed with single or double rows of small broad equilateral 
scales, abruptly truncated and with lateral clavate or elliptical 
scales to some of the veins ; on the roots of the wings are 
usually some flat scales of more or less brilliant hue ; costal 
borders with lanceloate scales projecting from the edge ; first 
sub-marginal cell small, smaller than the second posterior cell, 
its base considerably near the apex ot the wing than the base 
of the latter cell, its stem long, and its upper branch more or 
less closely applied to the first longitudinal vein ; the sixth long 
vein curves at the apex, and the incrassation in the anal cell is 
distinct, almost appearing as a true vein. The ungues of the 
female are simple and equal, whilst those of the male are unequal 
on the fore and mid legs. 
Dr. Lutz, of Brazil, says the larvae are like Anopheles, but 
lie slightly obliquely in the water ; they are often brilliantly 
coloured red, blue and green, and have a short respiratory 
tube. 
Uranot^nia PYGMiEA. — Theobald (1901). 
$ . Head dark brown, with broad flat scales, black in the 
middle, and with a few black upright forked ones and flat white 
ones in front, forming a very distinct white broad border to the 
eyes, which widens out laterally, forming a pale violet-coloured 
patch on each side ; two black bristles project forwards from 
between the eyes and others are placed laterally ; eyes black ; 
antennae brown, basal joint deep ferruginous in some lights, 
brown in others, base of the second joint also ferruginous ; palpi 
very short, black ; proboscis dark brown, nearly as long as the 
body, expanded apicahy, hairy. Thorax black, covered with 
narrow shiny pale bronzy scales and black bristles ; a distinct 
line of flat brilliant silvery-white scales in front of the wings, 
on each side ; also a small silvery-white patch on each pro- 
thoracic lobe, and others on the pleurae ; scutellum almost black 
in some lights, testaceous at the sides in others ; metanotum 
dark reddish-brown ; pleurae brown, spotted with white ; in 
some lights the thorax looks deep umber-brown under a hand- 
lens. Abdomen clothed with dusky-brown scales, with dull 
violet reflections, pale cream-coloured bands along the apical 
borders, giving the abdomen a distinctly banded appearance, 
apical borders of the segments with brownish-golden hairs (in 
some specimens this banding is not at all distinct) ; venter 
covered with grey scales ; in some specimens there are pale 
apical patches on the sides, but not in all. Legs covered with 
purplish-black scales ; coxae bases and ventral surfaces of the 
