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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  Armigeres 
  hybridus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Much 
  resembles 
  A. 
  obturbans, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  particulars 
  : 
  The 
  patch 
  of 
  

   whitish 
  scales 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  often 
  absent. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  may- 
  

   or 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  scaly, 
  but 
  usually 
  is 
  not. 
  Palpi 
  of 
  female 
  about 
  one-fifth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   proboscis. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  distinct 
  pale 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  always 
  found 
  

   in 
  A. 
  obturbans, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  whitish 
  scales 
  round 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

   The 
  venter 
  is 
  entirely 
  white, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  seventh 
  and 
  eighth 
  segments, 
  which 
  are 
  

   black. 
  The 
  basal 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  side-pieces 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  genitalia 
  bear 
  three 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   elliptical 
  plates 
  with 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  tips, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  slight 
  differences 
  in 
  

   the 
  male 
  genitalia. 
  The 
  insect 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  rather 
  more 
  slender 
  build 
  than 
  

   A. 
  obturbans. 
  

  

  Sarawak 
  : 
  Kuching, 
  14$, 
  42 
  £ 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Moulton). 
  

  

  Armigeres 
  conjungens, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  $. 
  Closely 
  resembles 
  A. 
  hybridus, 
  but 
  the 
  male 
  palpi 
  are 
  a 
  trifle 
  shorter, 
  being 
  

   scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  The 
  male 
  genital 
  claspers 
  instead 
  of 
  having 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  about 
  15-20 
  teeth,„as 
  in 
  A. 
  obturbans 
  and 
  A. 
  hybridus, 
  bear 
  only 
  four 
  teeth 
  in 
  

   a 
  row 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  The 
  basal 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  side-pieces 
  bear 
  three 
  sub-elliptical 
  plates 
  

   similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  A. 
  hybridus. 
  The 
  whole 
  hypopygium 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  

   A. 
  hybridus 
  or 
  A. 
  obturbans. 
  The 
  female 
  (if 
  correctly 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  male) 
  has 
  

   the 
  palpi 
  almost 
  one-third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  

  

  Sarawak 
  : 
  Kuching, 
  25. 
  ii 
  — 
  5. 
  iii. 
  1914, 
  3$ 
  (including 
  type) 
  2$ 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Moulton). 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  male 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Leicester's 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  unlabelled, 
  

   but 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  States. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  connects 
  Armigeres 
  with 
  Leicesteria, 
  having 
  the 
  coloration 
  of 
  Armigeres, 
  

   the 
  genitalia 
  of 
  Leicesteria 
  and 
  the 
  female 
  palpi 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  groups. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  advisable 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  A. 
  conjungens 
  and 
  of 
  L. 
  omissa 
  (which 
  

   approaches 
  Armigeres 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  its 
  genitalia) 
  to 
  unite 
  the 
  two 
  groups 
  into 
  

   one 
  genus. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  groups 
  differ 
  only 
  in 
  minor 
  specific 
  characters. 
  

  

  Culex 
  virgatipes, 
  sp.n. 
  

  

  $ 
  <j>. 
  Head 
  with 
  reddish-brown 
  narrow 
  curved 
  scales. 
  Proboscis 
  black 
  above, 
  

   yellowish 
  below 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  pale 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  spread 
  upwards 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  giving 
  a 
  suggestion 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  band. 
  Male 
  palpi 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  

   by 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  their 
  terminal 
  joint 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  has 
  the 
  usual 
  

   narrow 
  pale 
  ring 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  ochraceous 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   outer 
  side 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  terminal 
  joints 
  have 
  a 
  white-scaled 
  line 
  

   beneath. 
  Thorax 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  clothed 
  with 
  reddish-brown 
  scales, 
  except 
  on 
  and 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  where 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  pale 
  yellowish. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  ochraceous 
  basal 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  segment, 
  which 
  are 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  the 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  segment 
  spreads 
  out 
  iaterally 
  and 
  

   reaches 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Venter 
  ochraceous. 
  Male 
  genitalia 
  

   identical 
  in 
  structure 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  African 
  C. 
  trifilatus, 
  Edw. 
  Legs 
  : 
  front 
  and 
  

   middle 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  blackish 
  in 
  front, 
  ochraceous 
  behind; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   middle 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  well-marked 
  ochraceous 
  longitudinal 
  

   stripe 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  dorsal 
  fine 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  dark 
  

   with 
  an 
  ochraceous 
  longitudinal 
  stripe 
  and 
  a 
  distinct 
  ochraceous 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  

  

  