192 A Monograph of Culicidae. 



Wings heavily brown scaled with typical Stegomyia scales ; first sub- 

 marginal cell a little longer and about the same width as the second 

 posterior, its base slightly interior to the latter's. The supernumerary 

 cross- vein meets the mid at an obtuse angle and is about the same length 

 as the mid, as is also the posterior cross-vein, which is distant from the 

 mid about three times its own length. Halteres heavily light scaled on 

 the stem, the knob dark. 



Length. — 3 to 3 ' 5 mm. 



Habitat — Oras, Samar; Tacloban, Leyte; Twin Peaks, Banguet; 

 Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Time of capture. — June-December." 



Observations. — This is a very small dark species near 8. minuta, 

 Theob., and was sent me by Dr. Roger P. Ames, Major-Surgeon U.S.A., 

 who did the clinical work in the investigation by Major Reed concerning 

 mosquitoes and " yellow fever." 



Genus PSEUDOSKUSEA. nov. gen. 



Shusea multiplex, Theobald, must come in a new genus, as 

 the type of Shusea is funerea, Theobald, which has short palpi in 

 the $ , and is thus as I at first suggested, an Aedine. 



Multiplex has long palpi in the $ . 



The generic characters of Pseudoskusea may be taken as 

 follows : Head with flat scales ; palpi short in J , long in $ , 

 very thin, no hair-tufts, resembling Desvoidea. Scutellum with 

 narrow-curved scales. Mid ungues of male equal in size; a 

 character found only in this genus. 



Pseudoskusea multiplex. Theobald (1903). 

 Shusea multiplex. Theobald (1903). 



Mono. Culicid. III., p. 293 (1903) ? ; Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. III., p. 78 (1905) 



(6), Theobald. 



A large series belonging to the National Museum of Hungary 

 from New Guinea, from Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, Stephansort, 

 Astrolabe Bay, and Muina (Biro), 1896 and 1900, and Ins. 

 Graget (Biro), 1901, have been examined. 



Some of the specimens do not show the median pale head 

 spot, others show it as prominently as in the type from 

 Queensland. The basal segment of the antennae in some is dark, 

 in others, as in the type, testaceous. The thorax shows no trace 

 of the two pale lines, which almost form one line across it, seen 



