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Genus 13.— Topomyia — Nov . G en. 
Moderate-sized mosquitoes with very long legs and slender bodies 
* -I- are so slender that in flight they look more like floating 
g amer than living insects. Maleandfemaleantennaepilose. Male genitalia 
He U ad nl !f ry >n mment ’ r f emblin S those often seen among the tiuHdm 
Head clad with large spatulate scales and generally a small patch of silvery 
racquet-shaped scales on the vertex, but there are no upright sca^ 
Thorax with a central line of silvery iridescent scales of a peculiar shape 
( roa y ova e perhaps best describes it) and narrow lanceolate scales else¬ 
where. Scutellum with broad racquet-shaped scales. Proboscis of 
moderate length; palp, very short. Wings with very long, fork cells as 
Eor clavate. C ofa t y P ,cal culex, and lateral scales which are either 
the nZhh i S '~T, Ni a e S ? edeS , are at P resent k nown and all are found only in 
the neighbourhood of jungle streams. This genus is closely allied to 
Zeugnomyia and Colonemyici. b ^ llecl t0 
Topomyia Minor, n. sp. 
Large semicircular patch of pearly-white iridescent scales on the 
vertex and upper surface of head, the rest of the upper and the lateral 
surface clad with scales which may look black or bronze-purple 
according to the amount of light. Thorax with two rows of elliptical pearly 
scales which occupy the middle half of the median line black narrow 
curved scales elsewhere. Prothoracic lobes very conspicuous as sUverv- 
w ite spots and a large silvery patch on the scutellum. Abdomen with 
^a&^ h :^r ery Ventral scales and snTeS 
, Head -~-The greater portion of the upper surface occupied by a 
pat h of pearly-white racquet-shaped iridescent scales which extends to die 
vertex and has a semicircular outline behind, the rest of the upper and the 
lateral surfaces are covered with black spatulate scales closely set in 
imbricate rows ; orbital bristles two, black in colour and sometimes fading 
to brown with drying Basal joint of antenna black, with silvery tomentum 
remaining joints black, with short silvery hairs and black verticillTe ha"”’ 
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. r/w, ;"-7 P f othoraclc lobes very conspicuous, black, clad with brilliant 
pearly-white iridescent scales and black bristles. On the upper part these 
scales are racquet-shaped but on the lower portion they are elongated 
elliptical. Mesonotum black with a purple sheen; the middle half of the 
central line is occupied by a broad band of pearly-white iridescent scales 
-‘ S ATT r behmd than in front ; ‘he rest of the mesonotumTs thickfy 
clad with black narrow-curved scales which in a good light shew nmole 
ec ’ tbei i e n fe a o 6W elll P tical silvery scales on the shoulders behind 
c a , pr ° 0raC1C obes ' Scutellum almost entirely covered with pearly-white 
scales there are a few dark purple scales on the extreme^ oute marl 
fhe rtmn r ofthe al ^ 7 ’ tW ° dive W Pllur 
e insertion of the wings, dark brown elsewhere, clad with large pearly 
