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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  narrow 
  whitish 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  venttal 
  surface. 
  Palpi 
  about 
  one-fifth 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  black-scaled, 
  the 
  tips 
  rather 
  narrowly 
  silvery. 
  Thorax 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  five 
  about 
  equidistant 
  lines 
  of 
  narrow 
  golden 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  median 
  line 
  forked 
  well 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  intermediate 
  pair 
  almost 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  some 
  scattered 
  golden 
  scales 
  tending 
  to 
  connect 
  their 
  

   posterior 
  halves 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  fines 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  Scutellum 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  small 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  with 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Pro-epimera 
  

   covered 
  with 
  flat 
  black 
  scales, 
  a 
  few 
  paler 
  ones 
  below. 
  Pleurae 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  

   patches 
  of 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Mesonotal 
  bristles 
  numerous, 
  rather 
  long, 
  light 
  brown. 
  

   Abdomen 
  dark 
  brown 
  dorsally, 
  the 
  tergites 
  with 
  small 
  pure 
  white 
  lateral 
  and 
  small 
  

   ochreous 
  median 
  basal 
  spots. 
  Venter 
  ochreous. 
  Eighth 
  sternite 
  moderately 
  

   large, 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  without 
  scales. 
  Cerci 
  short, 
  blackish. 
  Legs 
  : 
  femora 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  narrow 
  ochreous 
  lines 
  in 
  front 
  running 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  tips, 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   also 
  pale 
  beneath 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  knee-spots 
  conspicuous, 
  silvery-white. 
  Tibiae 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  ochreous 
  line 
  in 
  front, 
  tips 
  dark. 
  Tarsi 
  

   with 
  pure 
  white 
  rings 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  segments, 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  also 
  with 
  

   similar 
  rings 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments', 
  fifth 
  dark 
  ; 
  the 
  rings 
  just 
  extend, 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  segments. 
  Front 
  and 
  middle 
  claws 
  toothed. 
  

   Wings 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales, 
  outstanding 
  ones 
  linear. 
  Bases 
  of 
  forks 
  level. 
  Wing- 
  

   length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Queensland 
  : 
  No 
  exact 
  data 
  (Dr. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Bancroft, 
  1911). 
  

  

  Type 
  $ 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  Theobald 
  in 
  1921. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  A. 
  (F.) 
  notoscriptus 
  in 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  

   and 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  points 
  ; 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  Oriental 
  species 
  (macdougalli, 
  Edw., 
  trilineatits, 
  

   Theo., 
  etc.) 
  which 
  somewhat 
  resemble 
  it, 
  it 
  differs 
  conspicuously 
  in 
  the 
  scaling 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Finlaya) 
  pecuniosus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  Calomyia 
  priestleyi, 
  Taylor, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Vertical 
  bristles 
  golden, 
  

   not 
  black. 
  Pale 
  scales 
  of 
  thorax 
  metallic 
  silver 
  rather 
  than 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  double 
  median 
  

   row 
  of 
  flat 
  silvery 
  scales 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum, 
  joining 
  the 
  patch 
  which 
  precedes 
  and 
  surrounds 
  the 
  bare 
  space 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  

   patch 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  line 
  ; 
  sublateral 
  lines 
  on 
  posterior 
  third 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  composed 
  of 
  broad, 
  

   flat 
  instead 
  of 
  narrow, 
  spindle-shaped 
  scales, 
  and 
  reaching 
  forward 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  large 
  

   silvery 
  patches. 
  Abdominal 
  tergites 
  with 
  complete 
  silvery-white 
  basal 
  bands, 
  the 
  

   last 
  two 
  almost 
  entirely 
  silvery. 
  First 
  two 
  segments 
  of 
  front 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  first 
  three 
  of 
  

   mid 
  and 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  basal 
  white 
  rings. 
  

  

  Northern 
  Territory 
  : 
  Port 
  Darwin 
  (C. 
  L. 
  Strangman), 
  type 
  $ 
  presented 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Lt.-Col. 
  A. 
  Alcock 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  determined 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  as 
  probably 
  Molpemyia 
  purpurea, 
  

   Theo., 
  but 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Theobald's 
  species 
  shows 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  of 
  silvery 
  

   scales 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum. 
  The 
  three 
  forms, 
  pecuniosus, 
  purpurea 
  and 
  priestleyi, 
  

   form 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  group, 
  and 
  though 
  closely 
  related 
  are 
  probably 
  specifically 
  

   distinct. 
  A. 
  (F.) 
  purpureas 
  is 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  other 
  two, 
  agreeing 
  with 
  

   priestleyi 
  in 
  its 
  dark 
  vertical 
  bristles 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  thoracic 
  ornamentation, 
  but 
  with 
  

   pecuniosus 
  in 
  its 
  abdominal 
  and 
  leg 
  markings. 
  Although 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  

   known, 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  probably 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Finlaya. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (? 
  Skusea) 
  aurimargo, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  area 
  of 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  occiput 
  (where 
  it 
  is 
  broadest) 
  to 
  vertex 
  ; 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  a 
  few 
  flat 
  creamy 
  

   scales, 
  then 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  of 
  black, 
  then 
  a 
  smaller 
  patch 
  of 
  ochreous, 
  then 
  black 
  

   again, 
  no 
  narrow 
  scales 
  round 
  eye-margins. 
  Eyes 
  separated- 
  by 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  

  

  