Genus Neopecomyia. 
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Genus NEOPECOMYIA. 
nov. gen. 
Head clothed with narrow-curved scales, upright forked 
scales, and flat lateral ones; the latter pass further on to 
the vertex than in Culex, and 
the narrow-curved scales occur 
along the nape behind these flat 
scales. 
Thorax with narrow-curved 
scales ; scutellum with small flat 
scales on the lateral lobes and 
base of the median lobe, the 
apical portion of the latter with 
Fig. 125. 
Genus Neopecomyia. nov. gen. 
narrow-curved scales ; palpi of 9 
short. Wings normal, lateral vein-scales linear, rather broad, 
and rounded apically. 
This genus comes near Pecomyict and Reedomyia, but differs 
from both in having the scutellum with all flat scales except a 
broad apical area on the mid lobe, and a few scattered ones on 
lateral lobes. 
Neopecomyia uniannulata. nov. sp. 
Thorax brown with scattered golden scales, some pale creamy 
yellow ones in front and on two spots on the middle of the 
mesonotum ; palpi and proboscis black. Abdomen black un¬ 
banded, with basal lateral creamy spots. Legs black, femora 
grey below, a small white knee spot, a narrow white band to 
apex of fore and mid tibiae, and a broad snowy-white one to 
the hind tibiae. 
9 . Head brown, clothed in the middle with narrow-curved 
pale golden scales, brown upright forked scales in front, a tuft 
of dark ones at the back; the narrow-curved pale golden scales 
pass downwards along the nape; in front of these expansions is 
a patch of flat black scales on each side, and then flat creamy 
scales, the eyes bordered with brighter golden small scales, 
chaetae bright brown ; clypeus brown, broad and square, indented 
in the middle in front; palpi and proboscis black scaled ; antennae 
brown, basal segment testaceous. 
Thorax rich brown, clothed with small narrow-curved brown 
and golden scales, the latter scattered about, but especially dense 
and paler in front and on two spots in the middle of the meso¬ 
notum, chaetae dark brown ; scutellum pale greyish-brown, clothed 
