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Genus 19.— Conopomyia. —now gen. 
Head entirely covered with spatulate scales with truncated ends 
nd upright scales confined to the nape. Antennae very long the second joint 
; of unusual length in some species as long as any three succeeding joints. 
>asal joint pyramidal. Palpi of female apparently two jointed. Male 
alpi two jointed as long as the proboscis and markedly clavate. Scutellum 
nd mesonotum clad with narrow-curved scales those in the centre 
f the mesonotum hair-like. Wings without lateral scales or with a few at 
tie apex of the wing and these in most species are very broad and have the 
nds notched. 
Remarks .—This genus is founded on three species. The larva ot 
lonopomyia Metallica is found in the water at the marshy edges of 
onds or in meadows and is a very distinct and easily recognized larva 
aving a bright orange coloured body and a large black head and thick 
espiratory tube. The head bears six compound frontal hairs very long and 
ach hair is bi-pinnate. The pupa is even more distinctive than the larva 
taving two greatly elongated respiratory tubes which project forwards in 
he horizontal plane in front of the head. There is no other pupa I am 
cquainted with at all resembling this one. In the shape of the male palpi 
his genus resembles members of the genus Acartomyia but the cephalic 
caling in that genus is composed of a few narrow curved and loosely arranged 
patulate scales while in Conopomyia it consists of spatulate scales only set 
n imbricate rows. In colouring the species resemble members of the 
^enus Taeniorhyncus while the long second antennal joint is seen in 
pecies of only one other genus, viz., Deinocerites. Altogether it is a little 
lifficult to say what its position is in the family Culicidae. It is even difficult 
0 say which sub-family it should be placed in. At first sight it appears to 
>elong to the sub-family Culicina on account of the long male palpi but 
vhen examined more closely these palpi are found to consist of only two 
Points a character found only in members of the sub-family Aedeomyinae. 
Members of the genus Mimomyia sub-family Aedeomyina have many 
joints in common with members of this genus, such as the cephalic and 
cutellar scaling: the short fork cells and the scaling of the 
wing 
but in 
viimomyia the male palpi are not nearly as long as the proboscis and are 
lot clavate, the second joint of the antenna is not especially long as it is in 
"onopomyia and the scales of the mesonotum in Mimomyia are long scales 
vith abruptly truncated ends while in Conopomyia they are the ordinary 
tarrow curved and hair-like scales. 
Conopomyia Metallica. n. sp. 
Head clad with elongated spatulate scales with concave ends set in 
rubricate rows like tiles on a roof. These scales vary in colour according 
0 the direction of the light on them from pale golden to peacock or azure- 
due or peacock-green. Thorax with long curved black scales and golden 
jinargins. Scutellum with black narrow-curved scales; pleurae ochraceous. 
^egs banded with gold; last tarsal joint of hind leg all srolden. Abdomen 
vith a central golden line. 
golden. 
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