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Male. Antennae densely plumose. Scales on basal joint scanty black and white 
PmhnJS J ^ mt 0 ? g a n d narr0w and overlapping the base of the third joint. 
£ ack Wlt . h P ur Pi e ^flections and so are the palpi which are not banded but 
show a lighter purple patch about the bend. No banding of the legs. Caudal tuft more 
conspicuous than in the female and arises from the seventh and eighth segment. 
th Xf marks -— T he male closely resembles T. funestus in its general aspect but differs in 
that the palpi are much longer and that the last joint of the palpi is nearly twice as long 
P m n t, U k mat i e - - Th ^ ante ° nae also are longer and the second joint is longer than the 
third The basal joint has scales which that of T. funestus has not The Caudal tufts 
a^Sal he ni J lt IS al ? sent “J M • ater ■ The female of T funestus is not known and only 
a single male has been observed 3 
c ° % U Jh e JL Ce '~rt rV3£ fOUnd r l n P itcher P lants as Nepenthes Rafflesiana on the East 
ast Pahang. The caudal flaps of the pupa are rounded but less so than T quasiferox 
1 he respiratory tubes are short and square cut J 
COLONEMYIA MENDACIS.—NOV. SP. 
Head ^lad with flat scales, white laterally and behind eyes black elsewhere In 
certam lights the head appears brilliantly blue. Upright'dark brown fork scales 
f n f™ rIy , Antennae dark brown ; plumose in the male Palpi four-jointed terminal 
joint nipple-shaped covered with purple-black imbricated flat scales. Proboscis long 
black and curved. 5 
j Prothoracio lobes prominent bright yellow with yellow hairs and square- 
ended broad nearly black scales H 
Mesothorax.—-Bright yellow covered with narrow curved scales black in the middle 
d > ellow and black at the sides but different specimens show much variation in the 
^!n b . U A 0n °l. ,he i y e ” ow and dark scales. The black scales at the sides arranged in 
small tufts. Basal white transparent scales in pleura. 
Ifhirst fork cell longer than second. Vein scales black small square-ended 
centrally and a few lateral curved narrow scales with square ends. Scutellum distinctly 
tnlobed four brown bristles central lobe and three each lateral one. A patch of broad 
square-ended brown scales in centre of each lobe much larger in middle lobe. 
^ L T-r Fe ?° ra covered with black scales except for the large round patches covered 
with white scales present in all the members of this genus. Remainder of legs covered 
with purple-bronze scales slightly lighter in colour at the tarsal joints. Ungues equal 
not serrate in female. In male abdomen dorsally covered with brown-bronze scales 
mrxed on last segment with bright blue scales. Laterally patches of bright white scales 
on all segments. Venter yellow covered with golden-yellow scales. 
, Varieties- The variation in the thoracic scales has been mentioned but the colour of 
t e thorax of the clypeus and basal joint of the antennae vary. In a few specimens the 
mesothorax is almost black except for a yellow edge in front and the scales appear to be 
golden. In some of these the clypeus and basal joint of antennae are yellow. In others 
and also in some specimens with the thorax yellow the clypeus and basal joints of antennae 
are ashy-grey. 
Occurrence . —Larvae found in pitcher plants on the East Coast. 
ReviLirks. The larvae of Colonemyiacceurulocephala have a long narrow curved respiratory 
siphon these mosquitoes have a short broad and straight one. The pupa of Colonemyia 
ccerulocephala have long curved thin respiratory tubes with an expanded end. These pupa 
have short and thick respiratory tubes. It is on account of this marked difference in 
the larvae and pupa that the specific distinction rests. The bright yellow clypeus and 
basal joint of the antennae are not met with in C. ccerulocephala but are also not found in 
those specimens described as varieties. The specimens of C. mendacis are larger than 
those of C. ccerulocephala 
