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The following entomological notes have been kindly furnished by 

 Mr. Newstead :— 



V. Differential Diagnosis of Stegomyia fasciata, with descriptions of 



TWO NEARLY ALLIED SPECIES. (By R. NeWSTEAI), M.Sc.) 



Stegomyia fasciata, F. 



General cliaracters as seen ivith a pochet lens, x 16 : — Head dark, with a 

 distinct double white median line and with white lines laterally and round 



Stef/omyia fasciata, F. ( = caIopus, Mg-.) 2; 

 the mosquito which carries yellow fever, 



the eyes ; palpi black, white at the tip ; proboscis black. Thorax bi'own, with 

 ttco brilliant silveri/ broad lateral curved lines, which converge from in front 

 towards the middle of the thorax, there becoming much narrower and con- 

 tinuing parallel to one another as far as the scutellum ; in the middle there 



