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Unfortunately the three Mansonia specimens caught by me 
are all females. They have been thoroughly compared with the 
descriptions of the English species M. Ricardii Ficalbi. I suppose 
that it is the same species which occurs here, but I regret that, 
owing to the war, it has not been possible to have the specimens 
identified by a specialist. In accordance with Theobald I give 
the following description of the animal. 
Thorax chestnut-brown, with small golden scales ; abdomen with- 
out bands, dusky yellowish-black with scattered yellowish scales; 
lateral spots very indistinct.  Posteriorly the abdominal segments 
carry a row of long golden hairs. Metatarsi and tarsi are provided 
with pale bands in the basal part; bands are also present in the 
middle parts of the metatarsi. Head brown with narrow, curved, 
pale scales; antennæ brown; the basal joint is pale ferrugineous, 
and so is the basal part of the second joint; palpi brown covered 
with dark, brownish scales; clypeus ferrugineous-yellow; proboscis 
brown with scattered black scales almost covering the apex. 
Thorax bright chestnut-brown with scattered scales more or less 
distinctly arranged in rows; bristles black, scutellum pale yellow- 
ish-brown with scattered narrow, curved scales and bright golden- 
brown border-bristles; metanotum clear ochraceous brown; pleuræ 
pale yellowish-brown with a few pale yellowish scales. 
Abdomen, when denuded, dull ochraceous-brown; under certain 
conditions of light it is dark shining, while in other cases it may 
be black. When covered with dusky scales it is almost black though 
with a few dull yellowish scales here and there; long yellow hairs 
encircling the segments. Five or six yellowish-white spots, rather 
inconspicuous, in the last five or six segments. Numerous golden- 
brown hairs along the sides and the hind margins. 
Legs: the coxæ yellowish; femora yellowish, the upwards turn- 
ing surface brown, the apex white, the white band not involving 
the tibia. Tibia brown with scattered black and dull yellow scales; 
metatarsi and tarsi yellowish banded in the following manner: fore- 
metatarsi and first two tarsi with traces of basal bands. In the: 
mid-legs the bands are more distinct; the bands on the hind-legs 
are broader and still more distinct, but there is no broad, pale, 
median metatarsal band, such as Theobald states with regard to 
T. Ricardii; ungues equal simple. 
