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Genus Culiciomyia. 
Legs deep brown, unbanded, pale at their base and femora 
beneath ; ungues all equal and uniserrate. 
Wings with large rather clavate brown scales ; first fork-cell 
longer but very little narrower than the second, somewhat con¬ 
tracted towards the apex, its base scarcely nearer the base of the 
wing than that of the second, its stem about two-thirds the length 
of the cell; stem of the second fork-cell as long as the cell; 
posterior cross-vein a little longer than the mid and about one 
and a half times its own length distant from it. 
Habitat. —Peradeniya, Ceylon (Green). 
Time of capture. —iv. 1907. 
Observations .—Described from one 9 • It looks like Howardina 
chrysolineata, Theob., but the golden median thoracic line is wider 
and scutellum is clothed with golden narrow-curved scales. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Genus CULICIOMYIA. Theobald (1907). 
Mono. Culicid. IV., 227 (1907). 
This genus contains twelve species. They tabulate as 
follows :— 
a. Abdomen unbanded. 
/3. First fork-cell longer than second. 
Thorax reddish-brown. inornata. Theobald. 
Thorax brownish-grey. uniformis. n. sp. 
Thorax deep brown ... nigerrima. n. sp. 
/3/3. First fork-cell no longer than 
second .. ceylonica. Theobald. 
aa. Abdomen with basal and apical bands ... annulata. Theobald.. 
aaa. Abdomen with basal grey bands.. pulla. Theobald. 
Abdomen with basal white bands ....... 
Thorax rich brown with 2 creamy 
spots in front . dalzieli. n. sp. 
Thorax fawn coloured. annuloabdominalis. n. sp„ 
aaaa. Abdomen with apical grey lateral spots. 
Thorax dark brownish-grey ............... freetownensis. Theobald. 
Thorax fawn coloured with one median 
dark line ...... nigrochaetae. Theobald. 
Thorax dark brown with 2 parallel dark 
median lines .. nebulosa. Theobald.. 
aaaaa. Abdomen first 2 segments unbanded. 
3rd, 4th, and 5th, with basal white 
bands; lateral pale spots, first 2 
grey, others creamy yellow. ''Very 
small, 2 mm..... minutissima. Theobald. 
