Genus Boyeia. 265 
but are almost completely hidden by the numerous upright 
forked scales. 
This genus is somewhat difficult to place, but agrees best 
with the group of Culicinae, in which the palpi of the males are 
swollen at the tips.” 
Boycia mimomyiaformis. Newstead (1907). 
Anns. Trop, Med. and Parasit. I., No. 1, 34 (1907). 
“ Head greyish. Mesothorax grey-brown, with two anterior 
.spots and a broad transverse band opposite the insertion of the 
wings, black. Abdomen black, with pale narrow basal bands ; 
Fig. 128. 
Boycia mimomyiaformis. $. (After Eewstead.) 
Cephalic adornment. 
venter ochreous; pleurae pale ochreous. Legs brown ; base of 
femora and tarsi (in certain lights) paler. Proboscis swollen 
towards the apex. 
9 • Central area of head with narrow-curved, creamy-white 
scales, those in the centre forming the longitudinal series, inter¬ 
mixed with these are numerous creamy, upright forked ones, 
extending almost to the front of the head ; sides with large, 
loose, spatulate, creamy scales; nape with numerous upright 
forked, black scales; all the forked scales are broadly dilated 
with, usually, five well-marked dentations. 
