﻿132 
  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  careful 
  comparison 
  of 
  fresh 
  specimens 
  with 
  Robineau-Desvoidy's 
  description 
  

   I 
  entirely 
  agree 
  with 
  Dr. 
  Yilleneuve 
  in 
  his 
  identification. 
  He 
  has 
  however 
  overlooked 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  quadratimaculatus 
  was 
  an 
  unwarranted 
  substitution 
  by 
  

   Macquart 
  for 
  Desvoidy's 
  pungens 
  ; 
  moreover 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  is 
  equally 
  evident 
  from 
  

   Rossi's 
  description 
  that 
  his 
  C. 
  rusticus 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  strongly 
  marked 
  form 
  of 
  

   diversus 
  with 
  a 
  continuous 
  median 
  dorsal 
  yellow 
  line. 
  This 
  being 
  the 
  oldest 
  name 
  

   must 
  replace 
  all 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  Ochlerotatus 
  antipodeus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  §. 
  Head 
  with 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  narrow 
  

   black 
  ones, 
  and 
  external 
  to 
  these 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  flat 
  white 
  ones 
  ; 
  upright 
  scales 
  

   and 
  bristles 
  blackish, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  golden 
  bristles 
  directed 
  forwards 
  over 
  

   the 
  eyes. 
  Proboscis 
  and 
  palpi 
  black-scaled, 
  the 
  latter 
  about 
  one-seventh 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  former. 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  blackish 
  bristles 
  and 
  dark 
  

   reddish-brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  arranged 
  in 
  five 
  rather 
  definite 
  lines 
  : 
  

   one 
  median, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  margin 
  to 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  where 
  

   it 
  forks 
  ; 
  a 
  subdorsal 
  pair 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  lateral 
  

   pair 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  third 
  ; 
  some 
  scattered 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  about 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  above 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  golden 
  scales 
  ; 
  area 
  behind 
  them 
  (proepimerum) 
  with 
  small 
  flat 
  blackish-brown 
  

   ones. 
  Mid 
  lobe 
  of 
  scutellum 
  with 
  narrow 
  golden 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  narrow 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  ones 
  laterally 
  ; 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  narrow 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales. 
  Pleurae 
  

   with 
  patches 
  of 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  clothed 
  mainly 
  with 
  blackish 
  brown 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  small 
  white 
  lateral 
  basal 
  patches 
  on 
  each 
  segment 
  and 
  narrow 
  yellowish 
  

   white 
  basal 
  bands 
  on 
  segments 
  2-5. 
  Cerci 
  elongate, 
  blackish. 
  Legs 
  black-scaled 
  ; 
  

   femora 
  whitish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  narrow 
  white 
  rings 
  on 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  tarsal 
  

   joints, 
  broadest 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  joints. 
  Claw 
  formula 
  1.1 
  : 
  1.1 
  : 
  0.0. 
  Wings 
  with 
  blackish 
  scales, 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  lateral 
  series 
  almost 
  linear. 
  First 
  fork-cell 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  

   stem, 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  the 
  wing-base 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  second. 
  Cross-veins 
  

   separated 
  by 
  quite 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  one. 
  Halteres 
  yellowish 
  with 
  

   brown 
  knob. 
  

  

  Length 
  (without 
  proboscis), 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  New 
  Zealand 
  : 
  Karikari 
  Bay, 
  5.ii.l916, 
  14$ 
  (inch 
  type) 
  (Albert 
  E. 
  Brookes) 
  ; 
  

   Te 
  Horo, 
  near 
  Wellington, 
  3 
  5 
  (received 
  through 
  R. 
  F. 
  L. 
  Burton). 
  

  

  Ochlerotatus 
  lepidonotus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  <J. 
  Head 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  area 
  of 
  yellowish 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   mixed 
  yellow 
  and 
  black 
  upright 
  forked 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  whitish 
  

   flat 
  scales 
  more 
  outwardly. 
  Proboscis 
  black. 
  Palpi 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  

   by 
  the 
  last 
  joint. 
  Long 
  joint 
  mainly 
  pale 
  scaled, 
  but 
  also 
  with 
  many 
  black 
  scales 
  

   which 
  are 
  specially 
  numerous 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  its 
  apical 
  fourth 
  much 
  

   swollen, 
  with 
  long 
  dense 
  hairs 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  side, 
  which 
  are 
  orange 
  basally, 
  black 
  

   apically. 
  Penultimate 
  joint 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  swollen 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  joint 
  ; 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  scales 
  basally, 
  black-scaled 
  apically 
  ; 
  internally 
  and 
  ventrally 
  with 
  long 
  

   dense 
  orange 
  hairs 
  with 
  black 
  tips 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  shorter 
  stiff 
  black 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  

  

  