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Theobald, F. V.: A catalogue of the Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum with description of new genera and species

CATALOGUE OF THE CULICIDAE IN THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM. i'l ;

> 3. Phoniomyia magna n. sp. Head black, with black, violet, dull mauve and grey reflections ; palpi and proboscis deep brown ; clypeus brown. Thorax deep blackishbrown with metallic brassy yellowish and violet scales ; scutellum silvery scaled ; prothoracic lobes mauve scaled. Abdomen deep brown above, unhanded ; yellowish below with grey scales. Leg deep brown, yellowish basally, unhanded. Wings scales dense, brown. J . Head black with flat scales showing black, violet, dull mauve and grey reflections when held in different lights ; palpi black scaled ; antennae deep brown, basal segment with grey sheen above : proboscis long, thin, acuminate, deep brown ; clypeus with grey sheen. Thorax black with spindle-shaped brassy-yellowish scales, some showing violet and mauve reflections ; scutellum with flat silvery-white scales, the basal ones dusky in some lights ; prothoracic lobes with mauve scales, dusky when viewed in some lights ; pleurae deep brown Avith some white scales. Abdomen testaceous covered with deep brown scales above ; yellowish below, with grey and almost white scales. Legs yellowish with deep brown scales, which are scanty basally and so appear yellowish ; ungues small, equal and simple. Wings with the second posterior cell considerably longer and but slightly narrower than the second posterior cell, its stem a little more than one-fourth the length of the cell ; stem of the second posterior more than one-half the length of the cell ; base of the first submarginal considerably nearer the base of the wing ; the posterior cross-vein shorter than the mid, about its own length distant from it. The bases of the wings are pale testaceous. Halteres testaceous, w

rith stem and knob with blackish scales. Length : 5 mm. Habitat: S. Antonio, Bolivia. Observations: Described from a single female. It is one of the largest of the genus and should at once be told by its silvery grey scutellum, its densely scaled thorax and its mauve prothoracic lobes.