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  NEW 
  CULICIDAE 
  FROM 
  BORNEO 
  AND 
  HONG 
  KONG. 
  

   By 
  F. 
  W. 
  Edwards. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  nine 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Culicidae 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  

   Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  ; 
  the 
  types 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Armigeres 
  moultoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (J?. 
  Scale 
  structure 
  and 
  general 
  appearance 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  obturbans. 
  Head 
  scales 
  black 
  ; 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  rim 
  of 
  white 
  round 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  nape. 
  

   Palpi 
  of 
  male 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than, 
  of 
  female 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  proboscis. 
  Basal 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  with 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  bare. 
  Thorax 
  with 
  

   the 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  deep 
  bronzy-black, 
  no 
  pale 
  border, 
  but 
  the 
  usual 
  patches 
  

   of 
  white 
  scales 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  wing-bases 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  prothoracic 
  lobes. 
  Scutellar 
  

   scales 
  all 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  deep 
  black 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  the 
  usual 
  large 
  lateral 
  white 
  patches 
  ; 
  

   eighth 
  segment 
  white-scaled 
  above. 
  Venter 
  white 
  ; 
  broad 
  black 
  apical 
  bands 
  on 
  

   segments 
  2-6, 
  segments 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  entirely 
  black. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  narrow 
  whitish 
  lines 
  

   on 
  the 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  mid 
  femora 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  white, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  

   dorsal 
  black 
  line, 
  and 
  the. 
  apical 
  fifth, 
  which 
  is 
  black 
  on 
  both 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  under 
  sides, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  above 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  inside. 
  Tibiae 
  all 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Claws 
  as 
  in 
  

   A. 
  obturbans, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  smaller 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  simple. 
  

   Wing 
  scales 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  fork-cell 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  

   than 
  usual. 
  Base 
  of 
  first 
  fork-cell 
  slightly 
  nearer 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  second. 
  

  

  Male 
  hypopygium 
  : 
  side-pieces 
  pointed, 
  the 
  claspers 
  inserted 
  distinctly 
  before 
  the 
  

   tip, 
  claspers 
  thickest 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  with 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  bristly 
  spines 
  towards 
  the 
  pointed 
  

   apex. 
  Basal 
  lobes 
  of 
  side-pieces 
  with 
  four 
  (or 
  five 
  ? 
  ) 
  strong 
  teeth. 
  

  

  Sarawak 
  : 
  Kuching, 
  19. 
  ii— 
  6. 
  iii. 
  1914, 
  3^ 
  10 
  £ 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Moulton). 
  

  

  Malay 
  States 
  : 
  Jugra, 
  15. 
  ix. 
  1904, 
  1£ 
  (Dr. 
  G. 
  F. 
  Leicester). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  all 
  previously 
  described 
  species 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   black 
  on 
  the 
  outside, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  distinct 
  male 
  genitalia. 
  

  

  Armigeres 
  brevitibia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  yellow 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  a 
  yellow 
  rim 
  round 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  sides 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot. 
  Clypeus 
  bare. 
  Basal 
  joint 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  with 
  creamy-yellow 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  proboscis, 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  above, 
  sides 
  broadly 
  yellow, 
  pleurae 
  white- 
  

   scaled. 
  Postnotum 
  bare. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  white 
  lateral 
  

   patches. 
  Venter 
  white, 
  each 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  triangle 
  with 
  its 
  apex 
  

   towards 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  segment. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  even 
  the 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  

   mid 
  femora 
  are 
  black 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  white, 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  black. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  markedly 
  shorter 
  than 
  either 
  the 
  

   front 
  or 
  middle 
  ones, 
  and 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  metatarsi. 
  Wings 
  as 
  in 
  

   A. 
  obturbans. 
  

  

  Sarawak 
  : 
  Tabuan 
  Swamp, 
  Kuching, 
  25-26. 
  ii. 
  1914, 
  1$ 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Moulton). 
  

  

  Distinguished 
  from 
  all 
  known 
  species 
  except 
  A. 
  moultoni 
  by 
  the 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  and 
  from 
  all 
  except 
  A. 
  (Leicesteria)flava 
  by 
  the 
  short 
  hind 
  tibiae. 
  

  

  