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white, in the two males I have seen it is so, and in one of the 
two 2 ’ s from the Philippine Islands/ ' Banks bred this species 
from larvae taken under similar conditions to those mentioned 
by Giles. 
Genus PHAGOMYIA. Theobald (1905). 
Genera Insect. Fam. Cnlicid. p. 21 (1905) ; Mono. Onlicid. XV., 223 (1907), 
Theobald. 
Two species occur in this genus, and possibly a third, 
nigricepbala , Theobald. 
a. Legs with tarsi banded each end. 
Thorax black, with snowy median spot in 
front, prolonged at the sides into a pair 
of lateral bars, two humeral spots, and 
two in front of wing roots .................. gubernatoris . Giles. 
act. Legs unbanded. 
Thorax brown, golden scales over and in 
front of wing roots. 
Abdomen banded ........................ irritans. Theobald, 
Abdomen unbanded, head black ...... nigricephala. Theobald. 
PhagOxMYia gubernatoris. Giles (1901). 
Stegomyia gubernatoris. Giles (1901). 
Entomologist, 104 (1901), Giles ; Mono. Culicid. I., 314 (1901), 
Theobald. 
Allahabad, Northern India, 
Type in the British Museum. 
Phagomyia irritans. Theobald (1901). 
Stegomyia irritans. (1901). 
Rep. Liverpool School, Trop. Med., Pt. III., App. (1901) ; Mono. 
Culicid. II., 313 (1901). 
Bonny. 
Type in the British Museum. 
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