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Aedes, Mg. 

 Syst. Beschr. i, p. 13 (1818). 



Skusea, Theo., Mon. Cul. iii, p. 291 (1903) (type funerea, Theo.). 



Verrallina, Theo., Mon. Cul. iii, p. 295 (1903) (type butleri, Theo.) 



Neomacleaya, Theo., Mon. Cul. iv, p. 238 (1907). 



Aioretomyia, Leic., Cul. of Malaya, p. 185 (1908). 

 In the case of the first two synonyms quoted, Theobald gave no type species ; 

 they are here designated for the first time, the species being chosen which seems 

 most likely to be the one on which Theobald based his conception of the genus. 

 In each case some or all of the other species originally included are now 

 recognised as belonging to different genera. The only one of the above 

 " genera " which has the least claim to a separate existence is Skusea, which 

 differs from typical Aedes in having simple claws in the female. As in all other 

 respects it is a true Aedes, I hardly consider it entitled to subgeneric rank. 

 Apart from the shortness of the male palpi, there seems to be some similarity 

 between the members of the restricted genus Aedes in general appearance and in 

 the male genitalia, which are somewhat different from the usual Ochlerotatus 

 type. 



23. Aedes indicus (Theo.). 



Neomacleaya indica, Theo., Mon. Cul. iv, p. 238 (1907). 



Skusea mediofasciata, Theo., Mon. Cul. iv, p. 544 (1907). 



Pseudoskusea nigritarsis, Ludlow, Can. Ent. xl, p. 52 (1908). 



Pseudoshusea mediolineata, Ludlow, Can. Ent. xl, p. 332 (1908). 

 The male being unknown, the position of this species in Aedes is only 

 presumptive. The types of N. indica and S. mediofasciata are precisely similar, 

 and were both taken by the same collector, probably at the same place and time 

 (they both bear the number 27). P. nigritarsis was suspected by its describer to 

 be the same as S. mediofasciata ; " P. mediolineata " was apparently a mere 

 lapsus calami for P. nigritarsis. 



24. Aedes butleri, Theo., Mon. Cul. ii, p. 230 (1901). 



Verrallina butleri, Theo., Mon. Cul. iii, p. 295 (1903). 



Skusea diurna, Theo., Entom., xxxvi, p. 259 (1903). 



Stegomyia hatiensis^ Carter, Entom., xliii, p. 275 (1910). 

 The fore and mid claws in the type of S. diurna are distinctly toothed, not 

 simple as Theobald states, and it is obviously the same as Aedes butleri, which is 

 very common in the Malay States. S. hatiensis is also undoubtedly the same, 

 though it was described from very much damaged specimens. 



25. Aedes uncus (Theo). 



Culex uncus, Theo., Mon. Cul. ii, p. 53 (1901). 



(?) Neomacleaya indica, var. simplex, Theo., Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 291 (1908). 

 (?) Verrallina malayi, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 198 (1908). 

 As in most other species of this genus, the head is clothed mainly with flat 

 scales. This is quite obvious in the type of C. uncus, which was wrongly 



