382 Mr. F. V. Theobald. On the, Culicidce of India, 



Mucidus scataphagoides. (Theobald.) 

 ' Mono. Culicid.,' 1, p. 277 (1901), Theobald. 



Thorax densely covered with loose scales, giving it a grey, mouldy 

 hue, with a yellowish-brown patch on each side ; having the appearance of 

 the head of an insect. Abdomen yellowish-brown, with a white median 

 tuft of scales on the first four segments, remainder mostly white 

 scaled. Wings with fringe with alternate pale and dusky patches ; 

 scales on the veins dense, forming dusky and ochraceous patches. Legs 

 ochraceous banded with ochraceous-yellow and brown parti-coloured 

 scales and white scales. 



Length. 6 '5 to 7 mm. 



Habitat. Moradabad (N.W.P.) and Burma. 



Observations. Easily told from all other Indian mosquitoes by its 

 large size and curious twisted scales. 



Genus Stegomyia. (Theobald.) 

 'Mono. Culicid.,' 1, p. 283 (1901). 



Thick set culices with flat scales and upright forked-scales over the 

 head only and flat scales on the scutellum. 



Five species of this genus occur in India, which may be tabulated as 

 follows : 



A. Tarsi basally banded. 



a. Proboscis banded distinctly in $ , less so in the ? . 

 Wings with black scales and scattered white ones. 



pipersalata. (Giles.) 

 oca.. Proboscis unbanded. 



Thorax with two median parallel pale lines and lateral curved 



pale lines. fasciata. (Fab.) 



Thorax with a single median silvery line and lateral curved 



lines. scutellaris. (Walker.) 



B. Tarsi apically and basally banded. 



Thorax with narrow median silvery line and lateral curved 

 lines and two short yellow ones in front. 



pseudotceniata. (Giles.) 



Thorax sooty, with a round anterior median and four lateral 

 snowy spots at corners of the mesonotum. 



gubernatoris. (Giles.) 



Stegomyia pipersalata. (Giles.) 



'Hand Bk. Mosq.,' 2nd ed. (1901), Giles. 

 'Mono. Culicid.,' ii, p. 316 (1901), Theobald. 



Clearly told by the white and black wing scales from other Indian 



