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the 2; palpi densely scaly, apparently four-jointed. Mesothorax 
with narrow-curved scales ; prothoracic lobes with flat scales ; 
scutellum with flat scales and a basal row of narrow-curved ones. 
Abdomen densely clothed with flat scales, the apical segments 
with ventral scaly tufts. Legs with the femora with rather 
prominent scaly tufts; ungues equal and simple. Wings spotted 
with light and dark scales ; scales large and broad, more or less 
pyriform in shape. 

Fig. 155. 
Genus Finlaya, nov. gen. (CF. potcilia). 
a, cephalic; b, scutellar, and c, abdominal squamose 
armature. 
Two species occur in the genus, namely, Culex Kochii, Doénitz, 
from New Guinea, and the one described here. From the two 
females I have seen it is not possible to say whether the genus 
comes in the Culicina or the Aedeomyina. The specimens bear 
some resemblance on the one hand to Aedeomyia and on the 
other to Culex. The presence of four median scutellar bristles 
favours this being one of the Aedeomyina. 
The form of the wing scales at once separates it from other 
