Genus Eretmapodites. 559 
Hyloconops longipalpis. Lutz (in Theobald) (1907). 
Mono. Gulicid. IV., 588 (1907), Theobald; Culieideos do Brazil, 
269 (1908), Peryassu. 
Brazil. 
Genus ERETMAPODITES. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Gulicid. I., 280 (1901), Theobald. 
Since the discovery by Newstead and Graham of fresh species 
in Africa, the characters of this genus must be slightly modified, 
and the presence of paddles on the hind feet of the male must be 
discarded, as Graham has found species in which they are simple. 
The flat scales of the head are rounded apically, and there is a 
small patch of narrow-curved scales and upright forked scales 
behind. The 9 palpi are rather long, densely scaly and somewhat 
acuminate; the $ palpi long and acuminate with no hair-tufts. 
The mesothorax has narrow-curved scales, the scutellum flat 
scales on the mid-lobe, narrow curved ones on the lateral lobes ; 
the prothoracic lobes in one group have flat scales, in another 
narrow-curved ones. The wing scales are very marked. Claspers 
of the $ genitalia long and curved with no terminal spine. 
Seven species are known, all from tropical Africa. 
They mostly frequent shady forest paths where there are 
trees overhead, and where the ground is not quite bare of vegeta¬ 
tion. They are sometimes found, Dr. Graham says, perching on 
low bushes, but are usually nearer the ground. 
In resting attitude they carry the third pair of legs curved 
forward over the thorax. Larvae were found in a hole full of a 
decoction of dead leaves in the root of a forest tree. Dr. Graham 
caught the adult females on the flowers of the wild pineapple. 
He never observed them to bite. Mr. Austen bred the original 
species of this genus from water in old tins and bottles. 
The genus was placed in the Culicinae originally, but since 
Graham has observed chaetae and squamae on the metanotum it 
must go back to the MetanototricJiae-Heterojpalpae. 
The species tabulate as below : 
A. Prothoracic lobes with narrow curved scales. 
a. Hind tarsi of 6 paddled, of ? normal. 
/3. Head brilliant burnished silver and 
black. 
Thorax ferruginous with six golden 
scaled lines and five darker lines quinquevittatus. Theobald. 
