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  SOME 
  NEW 
  CULICINE 
  MOSOUITOS 
  FOUND 
  IN 
  INDIA, 
  AND 
  A 
  NOTE 
  

   ON 
  F 
  INLAY 
  A 
  ASSAM 
  ENS 
  IS 
  (THEO.). 
  

  

  By 
  P. 
  J. 
  Barraud, 
  F.E.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  (In 
  charge 
  of 
  an 
  Enquiry 
  upon 
  Indian 
  Culicidae, 
  under 
  the 
  Indian 
  Research 
  

  

  Fund 
  Association.) 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  paper 
  short 
  descriptions 
  of 
  several 
  .new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  F 
  inlay 
  a, 
  

   Theo., 
  are 
  given, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  F 
  inlay 
  a 
  assamensis 
  (Theo.). 
  These 
  will 
  

   be 
  dealt 
  with 
  more 
  fully 
  in 
  another 
  paper 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  preparation, 
  and 
  which 
  

   will 
  include 
  synoptic 
  tables, 
  photographs, 
  and 
  drawings 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  hypopygia, 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  possible, 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  found 
  in 
  India 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  ; 
  this 
  

   paper 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Journal 
  of 
  Medical 
  Research 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

   Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Dr. 
  N. 
  Annandale 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  type 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Museum 
  collection, 
  and 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  loan 
  of 
  a 
  few, 
  

   of 
  which 
  photographs 
  have 
  been 
  prepared. 
  

  

  Finlaya 
  shortti, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  This 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  Oriental 
  species 
  

   that 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  F. 
  elsiae, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  described 
  below. 
  

  

  Head 
  mainly 
  dark, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  triangular 
  area 
  of 
  whitish 
  narrow 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  e3 
  - 
  e-margins. 
  Proboscis, 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  pale 
  

   ring 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  a 
  wider 
  pale 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  position 
  beneath 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  complete 
  ring. 
  Palpi 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  about 
  three-quarters 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  turning 
  downwards 
  and 
  bearing 
  

   conspicuous 
  hair 
  tufts. 
  Female 
  palpi 
  quite 
  short, 
  dark, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip, 
  

   where 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  whitish 
  scales. 
  Mebonotum 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  dark 
  blackish 
  brown 
  

   marked 
  with 
  lines 
  of 
  whitish 
  yellow 
  scales 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  A 
  double 
  median 
  line 
  dividing 
  

   posteriorly 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ante-scutellar 
  space 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  sub-lateral 
  lines 
  joining 
  

   the 
  fork 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  curved 
  lateral 
  lines 
  over 
  the 
  

   wing-roots. 
  Scutellum 
  with 
  whitish 
  and 
  rather 
  narrow 
  lanceolate 
  scales 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  

   lobes. 
  Pro-epimera 
  dark 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  with 
  whitish 
  lanceolate 
  scales 
  along 
  the 
  

   upper 
  and 
  lower 
  borders 
  ; 
  prothoracic 
  lobes 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  similar 
  scales. 
  Legs 
  : 
  

   front 
  and 
  mid 
  femora 
  with 
  anterior 
  surface 
  black 
  speckled 
  with 
  pale 
  scales 
  tending 
  

   to 
  form 
  lines, 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  dark 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  knee-joint 
  ; 
  front 
  pair 
  posteriorly 
  lined 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  mid 
  pair 
  entirely 
  pale 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  scattered 
  pale 
  

   scaling 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  Front 
  and 
  mid 
  tibiae 
  with 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  dark 
  except 
  for 
  extreme 
  base 
  

   and 
  tip, 
  a 
  pale 
  line 
  anteriorly 
  along 
  the 
  basal 
  quarter 
  ; 
  posteriorly 
  front 
  pair 
  lined 
  

   with 
  white, 
  mid 
  pair 
  pale 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Front 
  and 
  mid 
  tarsi 
  dark, 
  with 
  small 
  

   white 
  markings 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  first, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  

   form 
  very 
  definite 
  rings 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  pale 
  scales 
  dorsally 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment. 
  Hind 
  legs 
  with 
  anterior 
  surface 
  of 
  femora 
  dark, 
  

   with 
  an 
  irregular 
  line 
  of 
  pale 
  scaling 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  half 
  and 
  a 
  sub-apical 
  mark 
  

   of 
  similar 
  colour 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  entirely 
  dark 
  except 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  knee-joint, 
  where 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  sub-apical 
  pale 
  mark 
  is 
  produced 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  posterior 
  surface 
  white 
  for 
  

   rather 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  scattered 
  pale 
  scaling 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  (the 
  latter 
  is 
  

   absent 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  paratypes) 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  dark 
  with 
  basal 
  pale 
  ring, 
  narrow 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  

   tarsi 
  dark 
  with 
  narrow 
  but 
  complete 
  white 
  rings 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  first' 
  four 
  segments, 
  

   all 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  width. 
  Abdomen 
  dorsally 
  blackish 
  brown 
  with 
  narrow 
  basal 
  

   white 
  bands, 
  and 
  small 
  lateral 
  silvery 
  spots 
  to 
  tergites. 
  Sternites 
  with 
  basal 
  white 
  

  

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