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Aedes yerburyi, sp. nov. (fig. 8g). 



Genitalia : Dorsal side with a pair of enormous lobes, which may be developed 

 either from the ninth tergite or from the side-piece, I am not sure which. Claspers 

 small. A long, thick, sinuous rod possibly represents the harpes. External characters 

 as in ^. varietas, Leic. 



One male from Kitli station, Ceylon, 29. xi. 1891 {Lt.-Col. Yerbury). 





Fig. 8. Male genitalia of Oriental species of Ae.les, all to the same scale : — 

 (a) A. ceylonieiis, Edw., sp. n., ventral view ; (b) A. virilis, Leic., ventral view ; 

 (c) A. singularis, Leic, ventral view ; (d) A. uncus, Theo., dorsal view ; 

 (e) A. leicesteri, Edw., sp. n., ventral view ; {f)A. pseudomediofasciatas, Theo., 

 dorsal view ; (g) A. yerburyi, Edw., sp. n., dorsal view ; (h) A. varietas, Leic, 

 dorsal view ; (i) A. fragilis, Leic, ventral view ; (j) A. hutleri, Theo., dorsal 

 view ; (k) A. panayensis, Ludl., ventral view. 



Aedes leicesteri, sp. nov. (fig. 8 e). 



Genitalia : Ninth tergite with its posterior edge simple. Ninth sternite wdth a 

 pair of projections, each bearing two spines. External characters as in A. varietas. 



One male from Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, taken by stream in 

 Ampang Jungle, 21. v. 1904 {Dr. G. F. Leicester). 



