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distant from the mid cross-vein. Halteres with pale stem and 
fuscous knob. 
Length.—2°*5 mm. 
Habitat.—Ceylon, Kurunegalla (Gréen). 
Time of capture.—September. 
Observations.—Described from a single ¢ sent by Mr. Green, 
in perfect condition. It differs clearly from the South Indian 
species in (1) having an unbanded abdomen and (2) in the 
position of the cross-veins. The ? is unknown. 

Genus 36. URANOTAENIA. § Arribalzaga. 
(Mono. Culicid. I., p. 241, 1901.) 
This genus seems well established. The larvae and pupae 
have been found in the West Indies. 
URANOTAENIA APICALIS. Nn. Sp. 
(Plate XIV.) 
Thorax bright brown, with deep brown curved scales and a 
small blue spot before the scutellum and a line of blue scales 
at the roots of the wings; a few pale blue scales on the 
prothoracic lobe and on the median lobe of the scutellum, and 
some pale blue scales on the head and pleurae. Abdomen 
brown, with apical pearly-white bands. Wings with a long blue 
patch on the root of the fifth long vein. Fore and mid legs 
deep brown, unbanded ; in the hind all the joints have apical 
white spots and the last joint entirely white. 
6. Head with flat black scales and a median patch of pale 
blue and a small patch on each side ; proboscis, palpi and antennae 
deep brown, basal joint of the latter bright ferruginous. 
Thorax bright brown, with narrow-curved brown scales and 
a patch of flat pale blue scales in front of the root of each wing, 
and a small spot in front of the space before the scutellum ; 
prothoracic lobes with a few blue scales and long black bristles ; 
scutellum with pale blue flat scales to the median lobe; meta- 
notum brown ; pleurae bright brown, with pale blue spots. 
Abdomen brown, with apical pale bands, two prominent, 
and pearly-white. 
Legs deep brown, with bronzy reflections, the hind legs with 
white apices to the joints, the last tarsal all white and the base 
