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ad with hair-like black and bronzy scales. Scutellum ochraceous with 
lack hair-like scales and black bristles, there being four such to the central 
■be. Pleurae ochraceous with hairs only. Wings clad with dark brown 
:ales the lateral being more numerous and distinctly clavate on the apical 
ortions of the veins ; the basal three-fourths of each vein is "without lateral 
:ales being clad with narrow spatulate median scales; first fork longer 
lan the second with its base nearer the base of the wing, its stem rather 
lore than half the length of the cell ; posterior cross less than twice its own 
;ngth from the median. Coxae colourless. Under sides of femora sil\ ery 
nd in the hind femora the sides are silvery and the upper portion of the 
asal half. Ungues equal and simple on all the legs ; empodium well 
i eveloped. 
Abdomen. —Black scaled above, silvery beneath. 
Male. —Silvery scales more numerous than in the female, the scales 
ver all the head except a small triangular portion in the centre being 
ilvery. The shape of the scales are well seen on the male head, they are 
istinctly piriform and fusiform, they are thinly spread and do not overlap 
•ne another. The basal joint of the antenna is very large and from its 
ipper angle on the inner side a large teat-like projection projects, this is 
veil seen even in the dried specimens and as it is equally well seen in a 
reshly killed specimen it is quite evident it is not brought about by 
listortion; on the sixth joint is a raised ridge on the outer side and inserted 
)n this are three or four stout dark brown scales with bluntly-rounded ends 
,nd parallel edges, and some needle-like golden-brown scales ; the seventh 
oint bears a row of dark brown crumpled scales, and on the eighth joint is 
i row of short scales like the teeth of a comb. The palpi are lpng and 
;lender, the last joint has a terminal spine but neither on the ultimate or 
)enultimate joints are there any long hairs as seen in Culex; the base of 
he palpi is bent with small sharp spines on its outer side. The fore ungues 
are markedly unequal and the larger one is uni-serrate and possibly the 
smaller. 
Occuvvence. —Described from a series of males and one female bred from 
arvae from pools in jungle at Raub and near Kuala Lumpur. 
Remarks. —Easily distinguished from all other species of this genus by the 
Peculiar male antennae and the shape of the head scales in both sexes. It 
s not a very large mosquito and like all the members of this genus dull- 
coloured. Since writing this Theobald has described two species of this 
(enus one of which L. Brevipalpus has the same teat-like projection on the 
basal joint of the male antenna but the male palpi in his species are shorter 
han the proboscis and there can therefore be no difficulty in separating 
:he species. 
Lophoceratomyia Brevipalpus. — Theobald. 
Head deep brown, some golden scales around the eyes ; female palpi much 
shorter than the proboscis, brown ; proboscis fairly long, yellowish-brown to 
leep brown, swelling apically. Antennae with distinct prominence on inner 
:;ide of basal joint; antennal organs smaller than in L. Fraudatrix. Thorax 
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* This is not a Malayan species but is described by Theobald in 14 A Catalogue of 
Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum.— Theobald 1905. ” 
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