168 A Monograph of Culicidae. 



seen in the Eastern species, nor are there the two small thoracic 

 spots. There are also marked peculiarities in the wings, palpi 

 and antennae, so that it must clearly be placed in a new genus. 

 The specimen bears a note " bred from a tree," presumably from 

 a larva taken in a hollow tree. It is said to be a very irritating 

 species. 



The hind legs were too damaged to describe. The specimen 

 was collected by Major Bray and sent me by Dr. Andrew 

 Balfour. 



Stegomyia scutellaris, Walker, is also a tree breeder. 



QUASISTEGOMYIA GAKDNERII. Ludlow (1905). 



Stegomyia gardnerii. Ludlow. 



Canad. Entomo. Vol. XXXVII., p. 99 (1905). 



Thorax brown, with dark brown median scaled area, a few 

 white scales near head, and a broad white lateral stripe extending 

 about one-half the length of the mesonotum, a large white spot 

 in front of base of wings, caudal half of mesonotum with a short 

 median line of fine white or yellowish scales, and a short one 

 (indistinct) on each side just in front of scutellum ; scutellum 

 brown with white border. Abdomen brown, with white basal 

 lateral spots and four white dorsal basal spots. Legs brown, 

 with basal white spots on some of the tarsal segments. 



" $ . Head densely covered with broad flat brown and white scales. 

 A very broad median white stripe from occiput to vertex, with a dark 

 brown somewhat triangular spot on either side, bordered by white and 

 followed laterally by a brown and then a white stripe ; very few or no 

 forked scales ; antennae dark brown, verticels and pubescence dark 

 brown, basal segment dark brown, heavily covered with flat white scales ; 

 palpi dark brown with brilliant white tips ; proboscis brown, eyes brown, 

 and a white rim around them made of smaller, perhaps spindle-shaped, 

 but not true curved scales. 



Thorax : prothoracic lobes brown with flat white scales ; mesonotum 

 brown covered densely on the median portion, so as to occupy about one- 

 third the width of the mesonotum, with dark brown spindle-shaped 

 scales, a few curved white scales on the cephalic edge and lateral, a broad 

 white stripe extending about one half the length of the mesonotum, brown 

 scales exterior to this; a large white spot in front of the wing joint, the 

 caudal half of mesonotum dark brown with a short median line of fine 

 white or yellowish scales, and a short indefinite line on each side, just in 

 front of the scutellum, and here the scales become very long, curved and 

 spatulate flat scales, so they fringe out over the scutellum. Scutellum 

 brown, covered with long flat spatulate scales ; brown scaled at the base, 





