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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  An 
  obscure 
  species 
  ; 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Stegomyia 
  amesii, 
  Ludlow 
  (= 
  S. 
  fusca, 
  

   Leic.) 
  by 
  the 
  broader 
  wing-scales 
  and 
  thicker 
  legs 
  ; 
  from 
  Mimomyia 
  minima 
  (Ludlow) 
  

   by 
  the 
  longer 
  fork-cells, 
  more 
  pointed 
  abdomen 
  and 
  shorter 
  second 
  antennal 
  joint 
  ; 
  

   and 
  from 
  Aedes 
  butleri 
  and 
  other 
  similarly 
  coloured 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   broader 
  wing-scales 
  and 
  thicker 
  legs. 
  

  

  Culex 
  mimulus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  C. 
  mimeticus, 
  Noe, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  it 
  is, 
  on 
  the 
  average, 
  rather 
  smaller 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  is 
  usually 
  entirely 
  dark-scaled, 
  though 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  

   is 
  sometimes 
  (especially 
  in 
  the 
  female) 
  pale-scaled 
  (in 
  C. 
  mimeticus 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  

   is 
  always 
  pale-scaled 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  tip). 
  Male 
  genitalia 
  closely 
  resembling 
  

   those 
  of 
  C. 
  vishnui, 
  Theo., 
  the 
  second 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  harpagones 
  having 
  five 
  divisions 
  

   at 
  its 
  tip, 
  arranged 
  something 
  like 
  the 
  spread 
  fingers 
  of 
  a 
  hand 
  (in 
  C. 
  mimeticus 
  these 
  

   plates 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  shape 
  and 
  have 
  only 
  two 
  divisions 
  at 
  their 
  tips). 
  

  

  Numerous 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  Sarawak 
  Museum 
  collection 
  ; 
  others 
  collected 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Moulton. 
  

  

  This 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  representative 
  in 
  the 
  Oriental 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Palaearctic 
  

   C. 
  mimeticus. 
  Probably 
  all 
  specimens 
  recorded 
  as 
  mimeticus 
  from 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   region 
  are 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  possesses 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   the 
  Malay 
  States, 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  India, 
  while 
  those 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  North 
  India, 
  

   Palestine 
  and 
  Cyprus 
  are 
  the 
  true 
  mimeticus. 
  

  

  Culiciomyia 
  spathifurca, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Differs 
  only 
  from 
  C.fragilis 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  genitalia. 
  The 
  side-pieces 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  

   more 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  claspers 
  are 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  somewhat 
  spatulate 
  towards 
  their 
  

   tips, 
  while 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  each 
  arises 
  a 
  long, 
  tapering, 
  smooth 
  

   process, 
  sinuous 
  before 
  its 
  tip, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  clasper 
  proper. 
  In 
  C.fragilis 
  the 
  clasper 
  

   is 
  bent 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  pointed 
  and 
  devoid 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  process. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  

   small 
  differences 
  which 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  described 
  since 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  claspers 
  is 
  as 
  striking 
  

   as 
  in 
  any 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  mosquitos. 
  

  

  1 
  <J, 
  in 
  house, 
  Kuching, 
  22. 
  vii. 
  1914 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Moulton). 
  A 
  female 
  from 
  Kuching 
  

   Reservoir, 
  30. 
  vii. 
  1914, 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  this 
  species 
  or 
  C.fragilis. 
  

  

  Uranotaenia 
  brevirostris, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales, 
  proboscis 
  and 
  palpi 
  black, 
  the 
  proboscis 
  

   hardly 
  more 
  than 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Thorax 
  yellow-ochreous, 
  

   with 
  numerous 
  long 
  black 
  bristles 
  and 
  with 
  scattered 
  small 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  with 
  small 
  flat 
  pale 
  brown 
  scales 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  unsealed 
  ; 
  no 
  line 
  of 
  flat 
  scales 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  wing-base. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  brown 
  dorsally, 
  yellowish 
  ventrally, 
  

   without 
  spots 
  or 
  bands. 
  Legs 
  normal 
  in 
  structure, 
  uniformly 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  scales. 
  Wings 
  with 
  normal 
  venation 
  ; 
  scales 
  brownish, 
  much 
  darker 
  towards 
  

   the 
  costa 
  ; 
  lateral 
  vein- 
  scales 
  ovate. 
  

  

  Eighteen 
  specimens, 
  including 
  both 
  sexes. 
  Bred 
  from 
  pitcher 
  plant, 
  1907 
  

   (J. 
  Hewitt). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  U. 
  moultoni, 
  Edw., 
  in 
  the 
  yellow 
  instead 
  of 
  black 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   mesonotum, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  somewhat 
  less 
  striking 
  contrast 
  in 
  colour 
  between 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   and 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  