Genus Ficalbia. 
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Genus FICALBIA. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 296 (1908): IV., 577 (1907). 
Four species have been described in this genus. They 
tabulate as below :— 
A. Abdomen banded. 
Legs unbanded ..... nigripes. Theobald. 
Legs banded .................._.................... minima. Theobald. 
AA. Abdomen unbanded. 
Thorax and abdomen deep brown; pleurae 
bright ochreous. simplex. Theobald. 
Thorax and abdomen deep brown; pleurae 
pale brown . inornata. Theobald. 
Ficalbia nigripes. Theobald (1905). 
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Se. 7, XV., 199 (1905); Mono. Culicid. 
IV., 578 (1907). 
Kortright, Freetown, Sierra Leone. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Ficalbia minima. Theobald (1901). 
Uranotaenia minima. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 262 (1901); III., 297 (1901). 
Quilon, Travancore, S. India. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Ficalbia simplex. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 297, d (1908), Theobald. 
The male only has so far been described from Ceylon, two 
9’s evidently of this species have recently been received from 
that Island through Mr. E. E. Green. 
Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown; pleurae bright 
ochraceous ; metanotum dark in middle, pale ochreous around; 
abdomen ochraceous below. Legs unbanded. 
2 . Head clothed with flat dark scales, a few shining paler 
ones around the eyes and a few short black chaetae projecting 
inwards along the eye border; clypeus chocolate brown ; palpi 
small, black scaled ; proboscis deep blackish brown; antennae 
brown, basal segment reddish brown. 
