530 A Monograph of Culicidae. 



<J . Head brown ; the narrow-curved scales form a dense 

 tuft between the eyes and a more definite margin to them than in 

 the female. There are more white upright forked scales, the brown 

 comprising about three or four rows on the nape. Antennae 

 with the basal segment dark brown, sparsely clad with small flat 

 white scales ; succeeding segments white, with black bands at the 

 insertion of the verticillate hairs; the last two segments much 

 elongated ; first five segments with numerous silky linear white 

 scales with blunt rounded ends; verticillate hairs pale ochre- 

 yellow. Palpi four segments, about three-fourths the length of the 

 proboscis ; there are a few white scales on the upper surface 

 immediately in front of the clypeus, a ring of white scales at the 

 middle of the second segment, another ring at the apex of third 

 segment and the fourth segment is completely white scaled ; the 

 rest scaled with dark brown scales ; the first segment is verv 

 short, second is very long and in the middle shows a false joint, 

 the third is about one-third the length of the second and the 

 fourth segment is short and always carried bent down towards 

 the proboscis. Proboscis scaled dark brown for about half its 

 length, then there is an incomplete ring of creamy yellow scales, 

 followed by a band of dark brown scales, the apical fourth is 

 swollen and scaled with creamy yellow scales. 



Thorax as in the female. 



"Wings with an additional costal spot of white scales between 

 the basal and second spots. 



Legs with more pale scales on the tibiae ; the banding of fore 

 and mid legs is rather more evident, fore and mid ungues 

 unequal, larger uniser rated. 



Abdomen with a distinct basal white band to the hinder 

 segment in addition to the dorsal white spots. 



Length. — 5 * 3 mm. 



Habitat. — Kuala Lumpur. 



Time of capture. — April " (Leicester). 



Observations. — Described by Dr. Leicester from specimens 

 bred from larvae taken in bamboo jungle. 



It is a very distinct species told at once by the last three 

 hind tarsals being white. 



It resembles the Finlayas and can only be separated from 

 them by scale examination. 



