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Armigeres malayi, Theo. (fig. 3). 



Uranotaenia malmji, Theo., Mon. Cul. ii, p. 258 (1901). 



Desvoidea fused, Theo., Mon. Cul. iii, p. 135 (1903) (typos only). 



Theobald ^\Tongly described the claws in the type of his U. malayi as simple ; they 

 are reaUy toothed, and the specimen is quite recognisable as a small example of this 

 species. The type male and female (so labelled by Theobald) of D.fusca are from 

 Jugra, not Kuala Lumpur ; the middle claws of the male are now missing, but it may be 



Fi,o-. 3. Aniiiqeres nKilai/i: Tlwo. ; male genitalia. 



surmised that they were inaccurately figured. The specimens labelled by Dr. Dm-ham 

 as having been bred from the foul water in a stable catch-pit at Kuala Lumpur, which 

 are the only ones Theobald mentions having examined, are A. obtxrbans and not 

 A. malayi. The proper significance of the name fusca is therefore doubtful, but 

 fortunately it need not be used, since malayi and obturbans are both of prior date. 



The genitalia of this species are remarkably distinct, and are shown in fig. 3. 

 From Taylor's description of the genitalia of Neosqnamomyia breinJi (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc, 1914, p. 18G) it is evident that this Papuan species is an Armigeres closely 

 related to A. malayi. 



