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A Monograph of Culicidae. 
Genus 8.— ERETMAPODITES. nov. gen. 
Head clothed with flat and upright forked scales ; antennae of 
the 9 fourteen-jointed, of the £ fifteen-jointed, the last two 
joints long; palpi of 9 four-jointed ; of the $ long and thin, 
five-jointed, basal joint small; third and fourth joints nearly 
equal; apical joint about two-thirds the length of the penulti¬ 
mate joint ; palpi pointed, no hair tufts. Mesothorax clothed 
with narrow curved hair-like scales ; scutellum with flat scales 
on the mid lobe. Abdomen densely scaled with broad flat scales. 
Fore and mid ungues of 9 equal, and each with a small too^h ; 
fore ungues of £ unequal, the larger thick, simple, the smaller 
one thin, and with a single tooth ; mid ungues unequal, the 
larger one stout, the smaller very thin, both simple; hind ones 
equal and simple, small. Last two tarsi of the hind 'legs in the 
$ densely scaled, forming a distinct “ paddle ” in one species. 
Wings with the first sub marginal cell longer and narrower than 
the second posterior cell, stem of the latter considerably longer 
than the cell; venation practically as in Culex. 
Two species only occur so far. The chief distinguishing 
features, besides the squamate structure, are the long thin hair¬ 
less palpi and the ungues. 
Nothing is known of its life-history, except that Mr. Austen 
bred the gnats from larvae in old tins and bottles full of 
water. There is no continuation of the third vein as a pseudo¬ 
vein into the basal cell, as in Armigeres. The two species are 
very closely related and occurred together. 
1. Eretaiapodites quixquevittatus. n. sp. 
(Figs. 47 and 48, PI. XII.) 
Thorax bright ferruginous brown, with six golden scaled lines, 
dividing five darker ferruginous lines. Abdomen black, the last 
two segments with brilliant silvery-metallic scales, five lateral 
silvery-white patches. Legs black, with a white knee spot, pale 
bases to the femora, and with the hind tarsi in the £ densely 
scaled, forming a dark broad paddle. Wings transparent, with 
dark brown scales. 
9 . Head densely scaled with brilliant burnished silvery scales, 
and with black upright forked scales behind ; clypeus, palpi, and 
proboscis black ; palpi of moderate size, thickly scaled ; antennae 
