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than the second posterior cell, its base much nearer the base of 

 the wing than that of the second posterior, its stem not quite a 

 fourth of the length of the cell, stem of the second posterior about 

 two- thirds the length of the cell, posterior cross- vein slightly more 

 than its own length distant from the mid. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Habitat, l/ushai Hills, Assam [E. C. Macleod]. 



Observations. — Described from two females. It comes very 

 near Stegomyia amesii, I^udlow, but can at once be told by having 

 a large white spot in the middle of the front of the head. One 

 specimen shows some pallid scales on the mid lobe of the scutellum 

 and the white lateral spots do not form bands at all. 



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9. Stegomyia albolateralis , sp. nov. 



Thorax blackish brown with a broad silvery white patch on 

 each side in front. 



Abdomen black with basal white lateral spots and traces of 

 basal bandings on the apical segments. 



IvCgs and proboscis deep blackish brown, unhanded. 

 $ . Head clothed with flat dark brown scales, a few grey ones 

 around the eyes and creamy ones at the sides, clypeus black, nude, 

 with a distinct short pointed process on each side, palpi and pro- 

 boscis deep brown to black, antennae deep brown. 



Thorax black with narrow-curved bronzy scales except at the 

 sides in front where they are silvery white forming two rectangu- 

 lar shoulder-patches, and a few of the same coloured scales pass 

 around the front of the thorax next the head, and there are a few 

 duU creamy ones scattered about before the scutellum and traces 

 of a short pale-scaled line on each side ; the scales behind are larger 

 than those in front, chsetse black in front, dull golden over the 

 roots of the wings, scutellum black with flat black scales and 

 golden brown border-bristles, metanotum shiny and black ; pro- 

 thoracic lobes with flat shin}' white scales, pleurae with spots of 

 flat silvery white scales. 



Abdomen black with basal lateral silvery white spots which 

 may spread upwards so as to form indistinct basal white bands on 

 the last one or two apical segments, venter with broad basal white 

 bands. 



Legs blackish brown, unhanded, coxse and venter of fore and 

 mid femora pale, the former with silvery white scales, hind femora 

 pale creamy white for about two- thirds of their length, fore and 

 mid ungues equal and uniserrate. 



Wings with fork-cells of moderate length, the first submarginal 

 a little longer, but scarcely narrower than the second posterior 

 cell, its base about level with that of the latter, its stem a little 

 more than half the length of the cell, stem of the second posterior 

 cell more than two-thirds the length of the cell, posterior cross- 

 vein sloping towards the apex of the wing, about twice its own 



