﻿78 
  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS 
  — 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OP 
  CULICIDAE 
  IN 
  THE 
  BRITISH 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  brown 
  scales. 
  Thorax 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  clothed 
  dorsally 
  with 
  small 
  narrow 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   scales 
  and 
  some 
  yellowish 
  ones, 
  the 
  latter 
  tending 
  to 
  form 
  spots 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  covered 
  

   with 
  snow-white 
  flat 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  blackish 
  above, 
  with 
  basal 
  white 
  bands 
  on 
  

   each 
  segment 
  ; 
  large 
  dnll 
  white 
  lateral 
  spots, 
  not 
  visible 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  venter 
  yellowish 
  

   white, 
  the 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  dark. 
  Legs 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  under- 
  

   sides 
  of 
  femora 
  white 
  ; 
  all 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  with 
  silvery-white 
  apical 
  spots 
  ; 
  tarsal 
  

   joints 
  rather 
  narrowly 
  whitish 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  white 
  rings 
  not 
  extending 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  joints. 
  Wings 
  with 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  fork-cells 
  practically 
  level. 
  

  

  Length 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ceylon 
  : 
  3 
  ? 
  (including 
  type), 
  Colombo 
  (Major 
  S. 
  P. 
  James) 
  ; 
  1 
  $, 
  Galle, 
  6. 
  iv. 
  

   1907 
  (T. 
  Bainbrigge 
  Fletcher). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  0. 
  lowisi 
  (Reedomyia 
  lowisi, 
  Theo.) 
  and 
  0. 
  taeniatus 
  

   (Lepidotomyia 
  taeniata, 
  Leic), 
  from 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  tarsal 
  markings, 
  

   the 
  pale 
  rings 
  being 
  entirely 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  joints. 
  The 
  female 
  from 
  

   Galle 
  was 
  determined 
  by 
  Theobald 
  as 
  R. 
  lowisi. 
  

  

  Ochlerotatus 
  macfarlanei, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  of 
  creamy 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  nape, 
  round 
  

   this 
  patch 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  border 
  of 
  flat 
  black 
  scales, 
  and 
  again 
  a 
  narrow 
  border 
  of 
  

   yellowish 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales 
  round 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  creamy 
  flat 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  

   upright 
  forked 
  scales 
  mainly 
  black. 
  Proboscis 
  dark, 
  the 
  middle 
  half 
  with 
  creamy 
  

   scales 
  beneath 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  some 
  whitish 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

   Antennae 
  blackish, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  flat 
  yellowish 
  scales, 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint 
  with 
  some 
  black 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  labella, 
  

   the 
  last 
  two 
  joints 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs, 
  bent 
  downwards 
  as 
  usual, 
  but 
  not 
  swollen 
  ; 
  

   black, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  and 
  a 
  patch 
  

   of 
  silvery 
  white 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint. 
  Female 
  palpi 
  black, 
  tipped 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  white, 
  hardly 
  a 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  Thorax 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  well-marked 
  lines 
  of 
  golden 
  scales, 
  arranged 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  a 
  double 
  

   median 
  line 
  extending 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  the 
  bare 
  space 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  a 
  

   line 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  extending 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  

   round 
  the 
  front 
  margin, 
  bent 
  inwards 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  and 
  then 
  continuing 
  straight 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  scutellum; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  

   narrow 
  curved 
  golden 
  scales 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  with 
  patches 
  of 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black 
  above, 
  with 
  silvery 
  white 
  basal 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  segments 
  2-8, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  on 
  segments 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  ; 
  each 
  of 
  segments 
  2-6 
  has 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  roundish 
  

   creamy 
  yellow 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  rather 
  variable 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  specimens 
  are 
  wanting 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  ill-defined 
  patches 
  of 
  yellow 
  scales 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  segments. 
  Venter 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  black 
  scales 
  in 
  

   varying 
  proportions 
  ; 
  when 
  well 
  exposed 
  silvery 
  basal 
  lateral 
  patches 
  are 
  seen 
  on 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  segments. 
  Ovipositor 
  prominent, 
  yellow, 
  without 
  cerci. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   femora 
  pale 
  ventrally; 
  all 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  

   longitudinal 
  creamy 
  yellow 
  stripe, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  creamy 
  yellow 
  patch 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  beneath 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  patch 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  above 
  ; 
  front 
  

   and 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  with 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  joints 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  with 
  white 
  rings 
  

  

  