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laterally there is an oblong patch of black scales which may 

 almost disappear if the head shrinks much in drying ; more 

 laterally still a round patch of black scales. 



Between the edge of the first patch and the orbital margin is 

 a row of white narrow-curved scales ; there are other narrow- 

 curved scales on either side of the middle line just above the 

 occipital foramen and a few on the vertex between the eyes. 

 There are a moderate number of upright forked scales behind, and 

 a few inserted amongst the black scales of the most median of 

 the two black patches ; they are dark brown in colour ; there 

 are five brown bristles on either side projecting forwards ; in 

 some specimens the median bristles are pale golden and white, 

 and inwards more laterally there are three to five others. 

 Antennae 15-jointed; the two last segments long and thin; 

 basal segment dark dusky brown in the depression; a few 

 narrow white scales on its inner face ; remaining segments 

 banded dark brown and white ; the plumes dark silky brown 

 tipped with white, except on segments seven to ten, where the 

 plumes are pale yellowish brown. 



Proboscis black scaled. Palpi scarcely longer than the 

 proboscis, black scaled, the two last segments clad with pale 

 glistening white hairs ; the brown lateral spots on the thorax 

 smaller than in the female. 



Wings scaly, less dense, lateral scales being very few in 

 number. Markings on legs similar to the female. Fore and 

 mid ungues unequal, the larger tooth biserrate. Dorsum of the 

 eighth segment of the abdomen covered with pearly white scales, 

 pale golden hairs dense laterally on all the segments. 

 Length. — 4*5 mm. 

 Time of capture. — April. 

 Habitat. — Kuala Lumpur. 



Observations. — Dr. Leicester sent me this species with his 

 description drawn up from fresh specimens They were taken as 

 larvae in a bamboo jungle at Chang Road 5-5 J miles from Kuala 

 Ljumpur. The insect much resembles the Stegomyia nivea, Ludlow, 

 but can at once be told by the leg-banding and by the squamose 

 characters as not being a Stegomyia. The female specimen shows 

 only three posterior border-bristles to the mid lobe of the 

 scutellum. 



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