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8. Armigeres joloensis (Ludlow). 



Desvoidea fusca va,v.joloensis Ludlow, Can. Ent. xxxvi, p. 236 (1904). 



Desvoidya jugraensis, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 77 (1908). 



Desvoidya joloensis, Theo., Mon. Cul. v, p. 143 (1910). 

 As Theobald suggests, this is not a variety of A.juscus, but a distinct species. 

 (It may be mentioned in passing that A. fuscus is also distinct by genital char- 

 acters from A. obturbans). Ludlow's and Leicester's descriptions agree very 

 well ; Dr. Leicester at the time of writing was evidently unacquainted with 

 Dr. Ludlow's existing description. There is a good series of the species in the 

 British Museum. 



9. Armigeres apicalis (Theo.). 



Desvoidya apicalis, Theo., Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 5 (1910). 



Stegomyia crassipes, Theo. (nee WulpJ, Mon. Cul. i, p. 320 (1901). 

 This is undoubtedly an Armigeres, although " general appearance " is the only 

 guide in separating females of this genus from Stegomyia. Whatever Van der 

 Wulp's Culex crassipes may be, it is almost certainly not this species. I have 

 compared the Indian Museum type of D. apicalis with Theobald's specimens of 

 S. crassipes, 



Stegomyia, Theo. 

 Mon. Cul. i, p. 283 (1901). 



10. Stegomyia desmotes, Giles. 



Stegomyia desmotes, Giles, J. Trop. Med. vii, p. 367 (1904). 



Stegomyia gracilis, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 81 (1908). 



Stegomyia albipes, Theo., Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 11 (1910). 

 The type of S. desmotes is in bad condition, but is quite recognisable by the 

 peculiar leg-markings, the only species at all resembling it in this respect being 

 S. sugens. I have not seen the type of S. albipes ; the description only disagrees 

 with S. desmotes in that the claws of the female are described as being all simple. 

 Since the structure of the female claws is occasionally subject to variation, no 

 notice need be taken of this difference, even if Theobald's observation was correct. 



11. Stegomyia w-alba, Theo. 



Stegomyia zo-alba, Theo., Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung, iii, p. 74 (1905). 



Stegomyia imitator, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 89 (1908). 



Stegomyia minutissima, Theo., Rec Ind. Mus. iv, p. 9 (1910). 

 There are some slight differences between the specimens which have been 

 described under the above names, which I consider should not without strong 

 evidence be regarded as of specific value. These differences are as follows : 

 S. w-alba has the basal scutellar scales black, the apical ones white ; S. imitator 

 has the scutellar scales all white ; S. minutissima has the scutellar scales black, 

 some white ones occurring on the lateral lobes, and it also has the white markings 



