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scutellum with narrow-curved scales. Wings with the lork '• 11 - 
relatively short; anterior forked vein slightly shorter than the first 
posterior; scales resembling those in Mimomyia. Palpi short in the 
5 , long and clavate in the 3 . Proboscis swollen at the tip in both 
sexes. The narrow curved scales in the mid region of the head are 
fewer in the ? than in the 3 ; and iti the former the central "ties are 
arranged in two distinct lines, but are almost completely hidden h\ 
the numerous upright-forked scales. 
This genus is somewhat difficult to place, but agrees licst with the 
group of Culcinae in which the palpi of the males are swollen .it the 
tips. 
noycui mitnomyiaformis, 
(PI figs. 1-3) 
Head greyish. Mesothorax grey-brown, with two anterior spots 
? K , a roa transverse band opposite the insertion of the wings, bfau k 
i onien ac ’ Wlll ‘ P :ilr narrow basal bands; vein 
certairTl^lif ° chleous ’ Le g s brown; base of femora and tarsi (in 
- tain lights) paler. Proboscis swollen towards U 
white scales thn^^ a ! Ctl ° f Wltl ' na,T " u rur ' ( ' ,i 
intermixed with thele Ire f ° n ”' nK lwo '°ngit..din a l series, 
extending almost to L f TT “P r « h ‘ 
spatulate^ creamy scale! n" h “ d 5 “<*“"*»* ** «*- 
scales; all the forii i ° ' num erous upright forked, black 
ntarked dentil ^ ^ d "^d with, usua.ly. five well- 
rale golden-yellow' scales narrow -curved 
band of black ones • the 1 U '° tinter ' or s pots and a broad transverse 
some specimens, the ^ COi «tri ct ed in front giving it, in 
scutellum with large ^ ° f tWO confluent spots; 
lateral lobes with golden reflet* ’ scales, those on th< 
creamy-yellow. Abdomen clothed, metanotum nude* ; pleurae 
appearing bronzy- purple Jn sq Wlth dark brown and black scales. 
Pale ochreous scales ; venter Dal tf** an<l n;,r " ’" basal 
r own. spots. Legs unbanded, bronJ^b^' ' ,n -' lLu 
7 ZT __ y r own ; femora pale ochreous- 
l\vn i . -——-— 
from t h r m SXix h ° W a sin 8 ,e curved sc^T^ th „ e 
are apparently loose ones 
