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stem more than half the length of the cell, stem of the second forked-cell about the same length and about two-thirds the length of the cell; posterior cross-vein longer than the mid, about twice its own length distant from it.
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Length: 28 to 3 mm.
Habitat: Obuasi.
Time of capture: 20, viii., 29 and 30, ix., `07. Observations: Caught in bush at 10 a.m. and 6
p.m.
A very obscure species, unless carefully examined, when the peculiar palpi at once separate it. I have been unable to distinguish the female in this collection.
Genus: NEOMELANOCONION, Theobald.
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(Mono. Culicidæ, IV., 514, 1907.) Neomelanoconion rima, Theobald.
Culex rima, Theobald.
(Mono. Culicidæ, II., p. 327, 1901; III., p. 240, 1903; and IV., p. 514, 1907.)
Obuasi, caught in bush at 10 a.m., 1, x., '07. (1 9.)
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Genus: NEOPECOMYIA, nov. gen.
Head clothed with narrow-curved scales, upright forked scales, and flat lateral nes; the latter pass further on to the vertex than in Culex, and the narrow-curved scales recur along the nape behind these flat scales.
Thorax with narrow-curved scales; scutellum with small flat scales on the lateral lobes and base of the median lobe, the posterior portion of the latter with narrow- curved scales; palpi of 9 short. Wings normal, lateral vein scales lincar, rather broad, and rounded apically.
This genus comes near Pecomyia and Reedomyia, but differs from both in having the scutellum with all flat scales except a broad apical area on the mid lobes, and a few scattered ones on lateral lobes.
Neopecomyia uniannulata, nov. sp.
Thorax brown with scattered golden scales, some pale creamy yellow ones in front and on two spots on the middle of the mesonotum; palpi and proboscis black. Abdomen black unbanded, with basal lateral creamy spots. Legs black, femora grey ventrally, a small white knee spot, a narrow white band to apex of fore and mid tibiæ, and a broad snowy white one to the hind tibiæ.
Head brown, clothed in the middle with narrow-curved pale golden scales, brown upright forked scales in front, a tuft of dark ones at the back; the narrow- curved pale golden scales pass downwards along the nape; in front of these expan- sions is a patch of flat black scales on each side, and then flat creamy scales, the eyes burdered with brighter golden small scales, chate bright brown; clypeus brown, broad and square, indented in the middle in front; palpi and proboscis black scaled; antennæ brown, basal segment testaceous.
Thorax rich brown, clothed with small narrow-curved brown and golden scales, the latter scattered about, but especially dense and paler in front and on two spots in the middle of the mesonotum, chætæ dark brown; scutellum pale greyish brown, clothed with small flat dull white scales on the lateral lobes and base of the median lobe, narrow-curved black scales on the apical half of the mid lobe, and there are a few creamy narrow-curved scales at the sides; pleuræ pale brown, with some patches of dull flat creamy scales; border-bristles black; metanotum chestnut brown. Abdomen uniformly clothed with black scales, each segment with basal white creamy spots; border-bristles golden.
Legs black, venter of femora grey, almost white on hind legs, knee spot white, a white dorsal spot on the apex of the fore and mid tibiæ, a broad white band on the apex of the hind tibiæ, spines on fore and mid legs dark, golden to golden- brown on the hind legs; fore and mid ungues equal and uniserrate, equal and simple on the hind legs.
Wings with brown scales, rather dense on the apical area, lateral vein scales long and rather broad, rounded apically; first sub-marginal cell longer and narrower than the second posterior cell, its base very slightly nearer the base of the wing than that of the latter, its stem more than half the length of the cell: stem of the second
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posterior also a little more than half the length of the cell; posterior cross-vein about one and a half times its own length distant from the mid.
Length: 5 mm.
Habitat: Kumasi.
Time of capture: 20, x., '07.
Observations: Described from a single perfect 9, reared from a larva taken
in the hollow of a tree. It is a marked species easily told by the pale scutellum and marked white tibial band.
Genus: BANKSINELLA, Theobald.
(Mono. Culicidæ, IV., p. 468, 1907.) Banksinella chrysothorax, nov. sp.
Thorax black with scattered golden scales all over it; male palpi and proboscis deep brown; plumes of antennæ flaxen.
Abdomen deep brown with basal golden bands and brown hairs.
Legs uniformly brown, but with a yellow band at the apex of the hind tibiæ.
Head black with narrow-curved golden scales in the middle, black at the sides with black upright forked scales, golden chata between the eyes, dark ones at the sides; clypeus brown; proboscis deep brown; palpi deep brown, a little longer than the proboscis, the long apical segment with a few long hairs on each side of two segments only as in the type of the genus; antenna with brown and flaxen plume hairs and pale broad bands, narrow brown ones; basal segment globular and almost black.
Thorax black, with scattered long narrow-curved golden scales; scutellum black with narrow-curved golden scales and rich brown border-bristles; pleuræ rich brown with some paler flat scales; metanotum black. Abdomen deep brownish-black, with basal yellow bands and brown and dull golden hairs. Legs unbanded, brown, femora pale beneath; a pale yellow spot at the apex of the hind tibiæ; fore and mid ungues unequal, uniserrate, hind equal and simple, small.
Wings with short fork-cells, the first longer and narrower than the second, its base nearer the apex of the wing, its stem as long as the cell, stem of the second fork-cell about the same length as the cell; posterior cross-vein slightly shorter than the mid, about three times its own length distant from it.
Male genitalia with the clasper short, broad, swollen in the middle with a long curved terminal spine.
Length: 3 to 33 mm.
Habitat: Kumasi and Obuasi.
Time of appearance: 1, 2, 9, x., '07.
Observations: Caught in bush at 10 a.m. A small species with golden-scaled thorax and very marked male claspers.
Banksinella taeniarostris, nov. sp..
Head golden yellow in the middle; palpi black; proboscis dark brown with a narrow median pale band. Thorax deep brown; bright golden yellow in front and around the sides, and with two thin, parallel, median, yellow lines. Abdomen deep brown, unbanded, with basal lateral yellow spots. Legs unbanded, except for a pale band at the apex of the hind tibiæ. Wings brown-scaled, except the base of the first long vein, which is yellow.
9. Head clothed with bright golden yellow, narrow-curved scales in the middle, flat black scales at the sides, spreading well on to the vertex, some creamy, flat ones right at the sides; bright yellow, upright, forked scales in the middle, dark at the sides, golden chaætæ between the eyes, black ones at the sides; palpi black scaled, with black chætæ; proboscis bronzy black with a median pale creamy band; antennæ deep brown, with a bright brown basal segment; eyes golden around the edges, dark
in the middle.
Thorax black, clothed with narrow-curved bronzy scales, rich golden yellow ones in front and around the sides, over the roots of the wings, and two thin, parallel, yellow, median lines and some scattered ones behind; scutellum black with narrow- curved, golden yellow scales and bright brown border-bristles: metanotum black; pleura brown with small patch of ercamy scales.
Abdomen deep brown, unhanded, with basal lateral yellow patches, which pass