Genus Aedes. 537 



covered with a number of dusky yellow scales. The mid and 

 hind legs resemble the front, bub the femora are almost entirely 

 white. 



Formula of ungues. — 1 • 1-1 * 1-0 * 0. 



Length. — 6 mm. 



9 . Head. — Resembles that of the $ . 



Antennae hairy. Palpi of four segments, bearing some flat 

 white scales. On the apical segment all the scales are black and 

 flat. Proboscis as in $ . Thorax, abdomen, and legs as in the 

 male. The wing fringes have three rows of scales. 



Formula of ungues. — * 0-0 * 0-0 ' 0. 



Length. — 4*5 mm. 



Habitat. — At Ankajobe and at Arivonimamo, but it is 

 especially abundant at Tananarive." 



METANOTOPSILAE-MICKOPALPAE. 



Sub-Family AEDINAE. Theobald.* 



The following genera occur in this sub-family : Aedes, 

 Meigen ; Skusea, Theobald ; Leptosomatomyia, Theobald ; Haema- 

 gogus, Williston ; Cacomyia, Coquillett ; Gualteria, Lutz ; Aede- 

 o myia , T h eobald . 



Genus AEDES. Meigen. 



Dipt. Beschr. L, p. 13 (1818), Meigen; Suit, a Buff. I., p. 37 (1834), 

 Macquart; Hist. d. Ins. II., p. 454(1845), Blanchard; Dipt. Scand. 

 (1850), Zetterstedt ; Ins. Brit. Dipt. III., p. 242 (1851), Walker ; Fauna 

 Austr. II. (1864), Schiner ; Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., p. 297 (1896), Ficalbi ; 

 Mono. Culicid. II., p. 224 (1901), Theobald; and III., p. 205 (1903), 

 Theobald; Gen. Ins. Fam. Culicid., p. 35 (1905), Theobald. 



* Blanchard (Les Moust., p. 398, 1905) spells this Acdcinac. 



