74 F. W. EDWARDS. 



of OcJilerotatiiS. Femora and tibiae stout, especially on the front legs, where the tibiae 

 are swollen and very short, not more than two-thirds as long as the femora. Fifth 

 joint of front tarsi very small, not longer than broad, but the claws enormous, longer 

 than the last three tarsal joints together, equal, simple, divaricate. Claws of middle 

 and hind legs moderately large, equal and simple. Wings as in Aedes. 



Female. — Antennae and front legs not specially modified ; claws all simple. 

 Palpi about a quarter as long as the proboscis. Abdomen rather blunt; cerci 

 rather short and broad ; eighth sternite very large. 



The pecuHar antennae and front legs of the male must have some special biological 

 significance, and it is to be hoped that New Zealand collectors will be able shortly 

 to work out the hfe-history of the insect.* 



Leicesteria annulipalpis (Theobald). 



In my paper on the genus Leicesteria (Bull. Ent. Res., iv, pp. 255-263, 1914) I 

 expressed doubt as to the correct location of L. annulipalpis. Recently, however, a 

 female has been received from Dr. N. H. Swellengrebel, taken at Mandailing, Sumatra, 

 which shows that the species really is a true Leicesteria. This Sumatran specimen 

 agrees with Theobald's description, except that the claws show a slight swelling 

 towards the middle, which evidently represents a tooth. 



Aedes (Stegomyia) dendrophila, sp. nov. 



Closely related to 5. fraseri, Edw., differing almost solely as follows : — Middle 

 femora without a white spot in the middle in front. Hypopygium of male with the 

 side-pieces shorter, less than twice as long as their breadth at the base ; basal lobes 

 larger, more densely hairy ; claspettes entirely unrepresented ; claspers shorter, 

 straighter, and less attenuated apically. 



Gold Coast : Nsawam, 16.iii.l920 and 14.iv.l920, 2 (^, 3 ?, reared from larvae 

 in hole in cotton tree ; Oblogo, 17.iv.l920, 3 S (including type), 2 $, from tree-hole ; 

 Aburi, 6.vi.l920, 5 (^, 2 ?, from banana {Dr. A. Ingram). Sierra Leone : Freetown,. 

 ix.l914, 1 $ from tree-hole {Dr. G. Butler, presented by A. Bacot) ; previously 

 recorded as 5. fraseri. 



The absence of a white spot on the mid femora would place this species with 

 S. pseudonigeria in my key (Bull. Ent. Res., iii, p. 8, 1912). The new species differs 

 from S. pseudonigeria as follows : — All tibiae with small whitish spots at the extreme 

 base, not removed from the base, beneath ; mid femora all black on posterior surface,, 

 except for the apex ; second joint of mid tarsi all yellowish white, except beneath 

 towards tip (in S. pseudonigeria white at the base only) ; last two joints of hind tarsi 

 with some dark scales beneath ; segments 2-5 of abdomen with narrower whitish 

 basal bands or none. 



Aedes (Ochlerotatus) bancroftianus, sp. nov. 



Head clothed almost entirely with broad, flat scales, a rim of narrow ones round the 

 eyes ; the flat scales varying in colour from dark brownish to cream-coloured, generally 

 paler towards the nape ; the narrow scales ochreous ; ocular bristles pale. Torus 

 ochreous, darker on the inner side. Proboscis dark-scaled and slender throughout, 

 one-third longer than the front femora. Palpi dark-scaled ; in the female about one- 

 sixth as long, in the male of exactly the same length as the proboscis ; last two joints 

 in the male slightly swollen, with well-developed hair-tufts, the terminal a little shorter 

 than the penultimate. Thorax brown, mesonotum clothed in the type with moderately 



* Since writing this I learn that Mr. D. Miller, Government Entomologist in New Zealand, has 

 an account of the life history of this insect in course of publication. Larvae and pupae of the 

 species have been received from Mr. G. V. Hudson ; they show some resemblances to Armigeres. 



