Genus Grabliamia. 
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Grabhamia fowleri. D’Emm. de Charmoy (1908). 
Culex fowleri. D’Emm. de Charmoy (1908). 
Ann. Trop. Med. and Parasit. II., No. 3, 258, July 1 (1908), D’Emm. de 
Charmoy; ibid. II., No. 4, 297, Feb. (1909), Theobald. 
9 . Proboscis brown, base paler with whitish scales. Palpi 
black with a few long black hairs ; the apex white. Antennae 
brown, spotted with white, the first segment bearing white scales.. 
Occiput at the sides covered with flat, imbricated, white and 
black scales ; the median portion covered with long, white, narrow 
curved scales, black, upright forked scales and black hair-like 
scales. 
Thorax brown, with two sub-median greyish lines, with long 
narrow-curved golden scales and black hair-like scales. Scutellum 
with white scales and golden hair-like scales. 
Abdomen black, with white basal bands. First segment with 
a basal white dot and apical white line, the other segments with 
apical white bands ; the penultimate one with two apical spots, 
the last with lateral white spots ; the underside of the abdomen 
with basal and apical bands. 
Legs, under-surface of the femora and trochantae of the 
posterior legs white, the upper surface brown, with small 
scattered spots; femora of the fore legs with white scales and 
hairs at their apices. Metatarsi and the first and second 
segments white at the base ; femora and tibiae of the mid legs 
marked with white at their basal and apical parts. Metatarsi 
and the first and second segments white at the base. Femora 
of hind legs white apically. The veins of the wings are covered 
with brown and white scales. $ similar to 9 • 
Habitat. —Vacoa, Mauritius (D’Emmerez de Charmoy). 
Observations .—Described as a Culex. It is undoubtedly a 
Grabhamia . The author says : i( This species is easily distin¬ 
guished from all other members of the genus Culex by the black 
and white spots on the body of the insect.” 
No true Culex shows the marked squamose wing structure 
shown in Plate X. of the “ Annals of Tropical Medicine and 
Parasitology,” vol. ii., No. 3 (1908). It resembles several other 
Grabhamias, but an examination of the type shows it to be 
distinct. 
Type in the collection of the School of Tropical Medicine, 
University of Liverpool. 5 
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