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Female tori not scaled (female of eatoni unknown). Vertex dorsum 

 with narrow scaling. Ppn broad scaled, or else narrow scaled at least 

 in part. Postspiracular area with or without scales. Paratergite 

 scaled. 



Supplementary characters. — Scutal pattern various. Scutellar 

 scales narrow, or partially broad. Subspiracular and prealar areas 

 scaled. Femoral knee spots present. Larval head hair 6 directly 

 anterior to 5, 7 on a line between 5 and 6, 4 anterior to 6. Comb scales 

 few, in a line. Larval habitat : tree holes, and more rarely artificial 

 containers. Larva of eatoni unlvuown. 



Included species. — A. eatoni (Edwards) , echinus (Edwards), genic- 

 ulatus (Olivier), triseriatus (Say) and t. var. hendersoni Cockerell. 



Discussion. — In some respects eatoni appears to be more related to 

 Group C, madagascarensis in particular, than it does to the other 

 species included here. 



Subgroup VII. LEUCOCELAENUS (CONOPOSTEGUS) 



Definition. — Neotropical. Basistyle with a specialized scale tuft. 

 Claspette filament bladelike. Male palpi without hair tufts. Female 

 tori not scaled. Vertex dorsum broad scaled (may be narrow scaled 

 along eye margin and on nape). Ppn with broad overlapping white 

 scales. Postspiracular and paratergite areas scaled. 



Supplementary characters. — Scutum with a large patch of broad 

 silvery scales before the wing base and a median longitudinal band of 

 broad silvery scales. Scutelar lobes clothed with broad flat scales. 

 Subspiracular and prealar areas scaled. Mid- and hind-femora with 

 kneespots ; midf emora with an anterior white spot beyond the middle. 

 Larval comb with teeth few, in a line. Larval habitat: tree holes. 

 Larva of leucotaeniatus unknown. 



Included species. — A. leucocelaenus Dyar and Shannon and leuco- 

 taeniatus Komp. 



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I An asterisk after the location of the type material indicates that it has been 

 examined by one of us.] 



Group A (KOCHI-sroup: FINLAYA, s. str.) 



alocasicola Marks Queensland ; New South Wales 



Aedes {Firdaya) aloca.sicola Marks, 1947. Univ. Queensland 

 Pap., Dept. Biol., vol. 2, pt. 5, p. 35 (male, female, pupa, larva). 

 Ttpe: Male (holotype) in Iiiiversity of Queensland.* Type 

 locality: Australia: Mount Glorius, Queensland (Wassell). 

 Habitat: Axils of cunjevoi. 



