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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  distribution. 
  Several 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Montague, 
  which 
  agree 
  well 
  

   with 
  Queensland 
  examples. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  Formosa 
  (Anping, 
  

   Sauter) 
  and 
  Siam 
  (Patani 
  Cape, 
  Robinson 
  and 
  Annandale). 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Finlaya) 
  notoscriptus 
  (Skuse). 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  female 
  was 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Montague 
  15 
  miles 
  inland 
  on 
  the 
  Houailou 
  

   River. 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  nothing 
  to 
  separate 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  common 
  Australian 
  species. 
  

   A. 
  notoscriptus 
  is 
  a 
  widely 
  distributed 
  species, 
  having 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Australia 
  

   and 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  quite 
  recently 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  Miller. 
  It 
  is 
  

   subject 
  to 
  considerable 
  variation, 
  especially 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  where 
  the 
  white 
  thoracic 
  

   lines 
  are 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  entirely 
  replaced 
  by 
  golden 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  hind 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  

   may 
  be 
  either 
  white 
  or 
  black, 
  or 
  dark 
  above 
  and 
  pale 
  below. 
  

  

  Taeniorhynchus 
  brevicellulus, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  Recorded 
  by 
  Theobald 
  (as 
  Chrysoconops 
  acer) 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  from 
  Queensland 
  to 
  India, 
  but 
  apparently 
  not 
  in 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  Walker's 
  type 
  of 
  Citlex 
  acer 
  being 
  probably 
  an 
  abraded 
  C. 
  fatigans. 
  

  

  Culex 
  sitiens, 
  Wied. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  New 
  Caledonian 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  probablv 
  

   the 
  species 
  which 
  Theobald 
  has 
  recorded 
  as 
  C. 
  jepsoni 
  ; 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  C. 
  jepsoni 
  is 
  a 
  

   female 
  from 
  Fiji, 
  and 
  is 
  almost 
  certainly 
  C. 
  sitiens, 
  but 
  another 
  similar 
  species 
  also 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  Fiji, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  New 
  Caledonian 
  species, 
  or 
  both 
  

   may 
  very 
  likely 
  occur. 
  C. 
  sitiens 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  salt-marsh 
  species 
  extending 
  from 
  

   Queensland 
  to 
  Somaliland. 
  

  

  Rachionotomyia 
  caledonica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  mostly 
  black 
  -scaled 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  but 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  eyes. 
  

   Vertical 
  and 
  orbital 
  bristles 
  long, 
  black, 
  the 
  former 
  not 
  very 
  widely 
  separated 
  from 
  

   the 
  latter. 
  Clypeus 
  brown, 
  bare. 
  Proboscis 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  considerably 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  long 
  front 
  femora, 
  entirely 
  dark-scaled. 
  Palpi 
  dark-scaled, 
  in 
  <J 
  

   about 
  three-quarters 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  practically 
  hairless, 
  

   last 
  two 
  segments 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  in 
  $ 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  

   Antennae 
  about 
  three-fifths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis 
  ; 
  in 
  <$ 
  strongly 
  plumose, 
  the 
  

   last 
  two 
  segments 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  remainder 
  ; 
  in 
  C 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  verticils 
  

   except 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  segments. 
  Thorax 
  : 
  integument 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  rather 
  light 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  considerably 
  denuded, 
  but 
  the 
  remaining 
  vestiture 
  shows 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  small, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales, 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  with 
  longer, 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  slightly 
  curved 
  white 
  scales, 
  and 
  a 
  

   few 
  broad 
  fiat 
  ones 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  wing-roots. 
  Scutellum 
  with 
  small 
  flat 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   scales. 
  About 
  five 
  pairs 
  of 
  dorso-central 
  bristles. 
  Pleural 
  integument 
  with 
  two 
  

   longitudinal 
  dark 
  brown 
  unsealed 
  stripes, 
  the 
  equally 
  broad 
  pale 
  stripe 
  between 
  

   them 
  clothed 
  with 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  dark 
  brown, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Pro-epimera 
  dark 
  brown, 
  nearly 
  bare 
  (perhaps 
  denuded). 
  One 
  

   pro-epimeral 
  bristle 
  ; 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  spiraculars 
  ; 
  one 
  small 
  upper 
  sternopleural. 
  

   Postnotum 
  light 
  brown, 
  bare. 
  Abdomen 
  : 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales, 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales 
  and 
  narrow 
  apical 
  white 
  bands 
  of 
  even 
  

   width 
  (remainder 
  of 
  abdomen 
  missing). 
  Legs 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  unmarked 
  

  

  ept 
  that 
  the 
  femora 
  are 
  light 
  on 
  their 
  undersides 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  

   a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  ; 
  first 
  hind 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  tibia. 
  Claws 
  on 
  front 
  and 
  mid 
  legs 
  of 
  J 
  unequal, 
  the 
  larger 
  claw 
  on 
  the 
  

   front 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  tooth 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  remaining 
  claws 
  all 
  simple 
  ; 
  two 
  

   very 
  small 
  ones 
  on 
  hind 
  legs. 
  Wings 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales, 
  the 
  outstanding 
  ones 
  

   linear, 
  not 
  very 
  numerous. 
  Upper 
  fork-cell 
  about 
  twice 
  a- 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  stem, 
  its 
  base 
  

   s'u-htlv 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  lower. 
  Cross-veins 
  separated 
  

   bv 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  posterior. 
  Wing-length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  (<J)-3-5 
  mm. 
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