( i6g ) 
a narrow creamy band at junction of basal and middle thirds and a broad 
yellowish band opposite the band on the proboscis. Abdominal segments 
with broad apical bands and in some specimens basal bands as well; eighth 
segment with golden scales except for a small square black patch in the 
centre. Ungues of fore legs unequal and both toothed, of mid legs unequal 
the larger with the tooth the smaller cannot be seen, hind equal and simple. 
Occuvvence .—Described from a large series bred from larvae taken in 
water at the marshy edges of lakes and entangled in floating green weed at 
the sides of a running stream. 
Remarks .—This is a very distinct Taeniorhyncus the very broad piriform 
and asymmetrical wing scales of two colours in equal proportions distin¬ 
guishing it from the other Taeniorhynci of the brown series here described. 
In Theobald only the male of this species is described and the description 
agrees with my type except in one point: the apical joint of the male palp 
I is said to be yellow whereas in my specimens it is only the apical half of the 
the ultimate joint that is yellow and I cannot help thinking there is a slight 
error as the palpi are figured with four joints and I cannot find any 
taeniorhyncus with more than three; there is a very abrupt transition of 
colour in the apical joint and it may be that Theobald has taken the two 
halves of the ultimate as two separate joints in which case the ultimate 
joint would be yellow. All the brown Taeinorhynci have the two halves of 
the ultimate joint of different colours but it is only one joint. If there were 
three joints of about equal size at the end of the male palp it would be such 
a very unusual condition as to justify very special attention. All the male 
palpi of these species, like the palpi in culex, consist of a long antepenulti¬ 
mate joint with two hairy terminal joints. Giles description is too short to 
aid in a decision except for the remarks concerning the wing it would do 
equally well for any one of three species. In Giles description special 
attention is called to the fact of the wing being clad with scales of two 
colours in equal proportion and this point is well shewn in all my specimens 
and Giles says it is peculiar to this species. 
Taeniorhyncus Domesticus. n. sp. 
Head black with pale golden-brown narrow-curved and black upright 
forked scales. Proboscis with a broad creamy-yellow band. Thorax black 
or deep brown with pale golden-brown scales, and black ones behind. 
Abdomen with the last three or four segments with yellow apical bands in 
some the last two segments may be entirely golden-brown. 
Female Head.— Black, upper surface thinly clad with pale golden-brown 
narrow-curved scales and rows of black upright scales ; on either side low 
down there is a small patch of white spatulate scales; vertical brist es 
golden-brown. Basal joint of antenna deep ferruginous and without scales, 
remaining joints dark brown, pale at the insertion of the verticils. Clypeus 
almost black. Palpi black scaled with a few white scales at the apex, and 
sometimes a few pale scales at the base. Proboscis with a band of creamy- 
yellow scales in breadth about one-fourth the total length of the proboscis, 
the greater portion of this band lies beyond the middle point of the 
proboscis. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes black with golden-brown narrow-curved 
scales above, and black ones below with a line of black bristles on the 
