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  its 
  articulation 
  with 
  the 
  thorax, 
  and 
  projecting 
  forwards 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  mosquitos 
  which 
  show 
  this 
  

   feature, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  define 
  Chaetocruiomyia 
  as 
  a 
  valid 
  subgenus 
  

   of 
  Aedes, 
  which 
  genus 
  it 
  resembles 
  in 
  all 
  essentials. 
  In 
  describing 
  recently 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Aedes 
  pulverulentus 
  I 
  suggested 
  a 
  possible 
  affinity 
  to 
  Chaetocruiomyia, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  species 
  does 
  not 
  possess 
  a 
  basal 
  scale-tuft 
  on 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  probably 
  

   related 
  to 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Ecculex. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  $ 
  possesses 
  only 
  two 
  postspiracular 
  bristles, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  mainly 
  

   pale-scaled. 
  Another 
  $, 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Breinl 
  on 
  Palm 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Queensland, 
  

   and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  has 
  

   four 
  postspiracular 
  bristles 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  row 
  (quite 
  an 
  unusual 
  arrangement) 
  and 
  the 
  

   head 
  has 
  more 
  dark 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  two 
  examples 
  agree 
  as 
  regards 
  thoracic, 
  

   abdominal 
  and 
  leg-markings. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Chaetocruiomyia) 
  humeralis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  (C.) 
  spinosipes, 
  Edw. 
  (type 
  $) 
  as 
  follows: 
  — 
  Head 
  more 
  

   extensively 
  dark-scaled 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  white 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  mesono- 
  

   tum 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  portions 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  light 
  brown 
  band. 
  Legs 
  not 
  quite 
  

   so 
  stout 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  spinosipes 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  without 
  any 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  third 
  hind 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  white 
  ring 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  

  

  Queensland 
  : 
  Brigalow 
  Scrub, 
  Burnett 
  River, 
  1911 
  ; 
  biting 
  (Dr. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Bancroft). 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  four 
  other 
  $$ 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  Theobald. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Finlaya) 
  auridorsum, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  (F.) 
  australiensis, 
  Theo., 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Palpi 
  longer, 
  equalling 
  

   nearly 
  three 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  flagellum 
  instead 
  of 
  only 
  two. 
  Scales 
  on 
  

   anterior 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  deep 
  golden, 
  not 
  whitish. 
  Abdominal 
  tergites 
  

   6 
  and 
  7 
  almost 
  entirely 
  golden-scaled 
  ; 
  sternite 
  8 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  prominent. 
  

   The 
  first 
  mid 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  instead 
  of 
  having 
  merely 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  basal 
  

   ring, 
  is 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  for 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   mid-tarsal 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  Hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  moderately 
  

   broad 
  white 
  rings 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  segments, 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  dark, 
  

   the 
  last 
  segment 
  indistinctly 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  penultimate. 
  (The 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  may 
  be 
  

   the 
  same 
  in 
  .4. 
  australiensis, 
  but 
  are 
  damaged 
  in 
  the 
  type.) 
  

  

  £. 
  Coloration 
  and 
  scale 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  $. 
  Palpi 
  purplish 
  black, 
  equalling 
  

   the 
  proboscis 
  in 
  length, 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  densely 
  hairy. 
  Hypopygium 
  : 
  side- 
  

   pieces 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Clasper 
  moderately 
  short, 
  with 
  rather 
  short 
  terminal 
  

   spine. 
  Claspette 
  with 
  long 
  slender 
  stem, 
  the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  narrowed, 
  appendage 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  membranous 
  expansion. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  probably 
  allied 
  Culex 
  biocellatus, 
  Taylor, 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  

   entirely 
  dark-scaled 
  costa. 
  

  

  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  : 
  Sydney, 
  1915 
  (Dr. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Ferguson), 
  type 
  $, 
  presented 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  in 
  1915, 
  and 
  determined 
  

   then 
  provisionally 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  A. 
  australiensis. 
  Queensland 
  : 
  Brigalow 
  Scrub, 
  

   1911, 
  biting 
  (Dr. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Bancroft), 
  1 
  $, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  

   Theobald 
  in 
  1921 
  ; 
  Eidsvold, 
  '27.U914, 
  reared 
  (Dr. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Bancroft), 
  1 
  jj, 
  1$, 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  in 
  1922, 
  1 
  $ 
  

   in 
  the 
  Australian 
  Institute 
  of 
  Tropical 
  Medicine. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Finlaya) 
  quinquelineatus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head 
  with 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  nape 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   eye-margins 
  ; 
  two 
  patches 
  of 
  fiat 
  black 
  scales 
  above, 
  and 
  pale 
  flat 
  ones 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  

   Proboscis 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  front 
  femora, 
  black-scaled, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

  

  