( '63 ) 
Genus 32.— Taeniorhyncus. — Avvibalzaga. 
Head with greater part of upper surface clad with narrow-curved and 
ong upright scales, the spatulate scales being confined to a small area on 
ither side. Proboscis banded ; male palpi much longer than the proboscis 
md the last two joints with lateral rows of long hairs as in Culex. Thorax 
ind scutellum with narrow-curved scales. Wings with large scales the 
ateral either long and fusiform or broad clavate elliptical or asymmetrical. 
Remarks .—Six species are here described one of which T. Domesticus 
s certainly new. They form two very natural groups the first three being 
>range and gold and purple the next three brown and golden-brown. The 
mportant generic character is the shape of the wing scales for in the palpi 
:ephalic and scutellar scaling they come close to Culex but the wings are 
:lad with scales quite unlike anything seen in Culex. They are apparently 
nore or less domestic as I have taken all the specimens in houses and some of 
hem are fairly common. I have only obtained the larva of one species and 
t is of a very distinct type while the respiratory tubes of the pupa are quite 
inlike those seen in any other pupae I have seen, the opening being very 
I iblique and broad, the first portion of the tube is small and projects verti¬ 
cally upwards then bends forwards at right angles forming a broad oval 
portion which projects horizontally forwards in front of the cephalo-thorax. 
Synoptic Table of Species. 
Mesonotum bright orange or yellow. General colouration 
gold and purple. 
(a.) Thorax orange, legs purple.T. Brevicellulus. 
(b.) Thorax bright yellow with golden scales. Legs 
mostly yellow with purple spots.T. Ochraceous. 
(c.) Thorax yellowish-brown with dark brown spots ; 
legs golden with black patches.T. Conopas. 
Mesonotum black. General colour brown mottled with 
white or yellow. 
B. 
Wing scales 
(a.) Anterior mesonotom with pale scales, 
of uniform colour.T. Tenax. 
Wing scales dark brown and pale yellow.T. Ager. 
(b.) Anterior mesonotum black scaled.T. Domesticus. 
Taeniorhyncus Brevicellulus. — Theobald. 
purple with golden narrow-curved scales and 
Thorax orange-red 
purple 
golden-brown 
Abdomen 
with dark 
banded with 
Head 
upright scales. Proboscis rich rose-purple, 
brown shoulder patches. Legs purple. 
gold. 
Female Head. —Orange-red behind, dark purple in front and at 
the sides, clad with scattered pale golden narrow-curved and numerous 
long golden-brown upright scales on the upper surface and a patch of golden 
spatulate scales on either side ; vertical and orbital bristles bright golden. 
Basal and second joints of antenna orange and without scales, remaining 
joints rich purple with purple verticillate hairs. Palpi orange-red with purple 
scales, five-jointed. Proboscis clad with purple scales which at the base 
allow the orange background to shew through. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes bright orange-brown with golden-brown 
bristles only. Mesonotum bright orange-red with a large dark patch in 
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