Genus My zorhy melius. 85 



Myzorhynchus umbrosus. Theobald (1903). 



Mono. Culicid. III., p. 87 (1903), Theobald; Kevis. Anop., p. 39 (1904), 



Giles. 



Additional locality. — The hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Federated 

 Malay States (Dr. Durham), in February. 



Myzorhynchus strachanii. n. sp. 



Allied to M. umbrosus, Theobald, but the wings are almost 

 entirely dark scaled and there is no pale costal spot at the apex 

 of the lower branch of the first fork-cell. 



? . Head slaty grey with ochreous upright forked scales in 

 the middle, dusky grey ones at the sides, a few outstanding 

 creamy broadish curved scales in 

 front and passing down between 

 the eyes, a row of short black 

 hairs on each side passing for- 

 wards over the eyes, then four 

 longer ones wide apart and a 

 tuft of long brown ones with 

 wavy outline passing between 

 the eyes ; antennae deep brown, Fig. 20. 



basal segment deep testaceous Se&doi 9 Myzorhynchiustrachami. 



brown with a few outstanding 



black scales which also occur on the second segment, hairs dark 

 brown ; palpi densely scaled with outstanding black scales, no 

 trace of banding ; proboscis black scaled. 



Thorax dark slaty brown with long golden curved hairs ; in 

 some lights pale slaty grey in the middle, dark brown at the 

 sides with a narrow median dark line and rather broader lateral 

 ones in front, numerous deep brown hairs also over the mesonotum ; 

 scutellum bright brown with brown and golden brown border 

 bristles ; metanotum deep brown ; pleurae brown with frosty 

 grey sheen. 



Abdomen deep blackish brown with dusky hairs, showing 

 slight golden reflections in some lights. 



Legs deep brown, pale dull ochreous narrow bands involving 

 both sides of the joints ; ungues small, equal and simple. 



"Wings all black scaled except for a small yellow spot on the 

 costa just past the base of the first fork-cell, one at the end of 

 the first long vein including the fringe, a small one on the lower 



