128 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. x. 



Stegomyia fasciafa Fabr. , is common at certain times, all over the 

 Island where collections have been made, but these periods are by no 

 means coincident. Both the varieties niosqui/o Desv., and luciensis 

 Theo., are frequently found, and a variety equivalent to luciensis, i. e., 

 with black tip on the apex of the last tarsal joint of the hind legs, has 

 been found under ^. sciitellaris Walker. 



Ciilex fatigans Wied., shows remarkable variation in wing vena- 

 tion, the stem of the first fork cell being at times almost as long as 

 one half the length of the cell. 



New species must, of necessity, arise where variations are so marked, 

 and of the earliest to be recorded, those described below, the first 

 found in the hill district of Abra, a distinctly mountainous province, 

 full of rugged scenery, and the second from Bulacan, one of the most 

 malarial parts of Luzon, will be of some interest. 



Anopheles philippinensis, sp. nov 



Female. — Head very dark brown, with white and creamy (yellowish) scales scat- 

 tered on top, and more thickly toward the front, long white tuft in front, a few yel- 

 owish scales on the sides, and very dark forked scales with fimbriated tops on the 

 occiput ; antennae golden brown, some white scales and some brown at the base with 

 lighter tips, verticels white, pubescence vvhite, first joint basally brown but white as 

 apex ; eyes dark brown or black, with very narrow white rim ; palpi golden brown, 

 some scales apparently darker tipped, the last joint white and a narrow white band at 

 apex of each of the three preceding joints, a few white scales at the base ; proboscis 

 brown, not so dark as the head but darker than the antennas ; white or yellowish tip. 



Thorax very dark brown (both it and the head are almost black), with scattered 

 white, flat and yellowish curved scales, no design apparent, cephalad the white scales 

 are much longer ; scutellum dark brown in the middle and at each end with a lighter 

 spot between on which are a few white scales ; metanotum dark brown ; pleurae dark 

 brown with white marking ; when denuded thorax has ashy-gray reflections with dark 

 brown median line. 



Abdomen dorsally is ashy-gray with golden-brown hairs, a narrow brown apical 

 band on each segment, much broader on the last two segments so that they are nearly 

 brown instead of gray. 



Legs. — Cox£e brown, all white-tipped, femora dark, i. e., brown-scaled dorsally, 

 and yellowish on the ventral side, tibiae same but a very small apical white spot on 

 fore and mid legs ; metatarsus and two following joints on the fore legs have heavy 

 apical white bands, mid legs have faint white bands in the same positions, that on the 

 metatarsus much the heaviest, but still not by any means so broad as on the fore legs ; 

 hind legs dorsally brown, and yellowish ventrally, much as in the other legs, but the 

 apical half of the first tarsal and all the following joints pure white ; ungues on hind 

 legs white, on mid and fore legs brown. 



Wings cream-colored spotted with brown, reminding one of A. jatnesii Theo. 

 Two small and four large brown spots on costa, the distal extending back through 



