332 A Monograph of Culicidae. 
nude, fawn coloured ; antennae brown, basal joint with a few 
small black bristles. 
Thorax brown, with flattish narrow spindle-shaped bronzy 
brown scales, which become larger, more elongate and lanceolate 
before the scutellum ; scutellum testaceous, prominently trilobed, 
with dense flat dusky-black scales with violet reflections and black 
border-bristles ; metanotum deep brown, with flat white scales 
and four chaetae in a row; prothoracic lobes with flat dusky 
scales and black bristles, three prominent ones on each side in 
front ; pleurae ochraceous, with grey and white scales. 
Abdomen covered with dusky 
black scales with dull violet reflec- 
tions ; venter dull ochraceous. 
N Legs brown, with dull ochra- 
¥~ ceous reflections, bases dull ochra- 
a: ceous ; ungues brown, of moderate 
size, equal and simple. 
- Wings with rather broad dense 
brown scales; first sub-marginal 
cell longer and narrower than the 
second posterior cell, its base a 
little the nearer the base of the 
wing, its stem about one-third of 
the length of the cell ; stem of the 
second posterior nearly half the 
length of the cell ; posterior cross- 
h vein not its own length distant 
Goeldia ee Theobald. irony eae mds ale ie oe 
a, Prothoracic Tepes ‘ metanotum. 3% not quite in a line with the 
supernumerary. 
Halteres with deep ochraceous stem and fuscous knob. 
Length.—6:1 mm. 
Habitat.— British Guiana (Dr. Low), Brazil (Dr. Lutz). 
Observations.—Described from a single perfect ¢ sent by 
Dr. Liitz. The @ described here taken by Dr. Low in the 
bush on the Demerara River bears a strong resemblance to 
the ¢, that I have provisionally placed it here, with some doubt, 
however, as the legs have no white area as seen in the ¢, and 
the metathoracie scales are white, whilst Dr. Liitz says of the 
¢ that they are white and blue (none remain on the specimen 
sent); these may nevertheless be only sexual differences. It 
bears a certain resemblance to Joblotia lunata, but the abdomen 


