Aedes of the Philippines — Knight AND Hull 
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Female. Similar to the female of amesii, but 
differing from it (as in the males) in the color 
of the hind femoral scaling and in the extent 
of the mesepimeral scale patch. 
LARVA: Head: Antenna smooth, nearly 
uniform in diameter throughout; antennal 
hair single, fine, inserted at about distal one 
third and extending just beyond apex of an- 
tenna. Mouth brushes with comb-like tips. 
Hair 4 with 13-20 branches; 5 single, rarely 
double; 6 with 2-3 (4-5 branched in 2 speci- 
mens from Subic Bay, Luzon; coll. 1068); 7 
with 6-17; 8 double; 9 with 3-4; 12 with 5-8; 
13 and 14 single; 15 with 2-3; 17 and 18 
single; 20 with 2-6. Mentum with 11-15 
lateral teeth. Thorax: Pro thoracic hair 1 with 
3-8 branches; 2 single; 3 with 3-5. Meso- 
thoracic hair 9 with 12-18 branches; 10 and 
12 single, stout, long; 11 not seen. Meta- 
thoracic hair 9 with 5-9 branches; 10 single, 
stout; 12 single, much reduced; 11 not seen. 
Abdomen: Dorsolateral hairs on I and II with 
6-7 branches (occasionally 5-9)* Lateral hair 
on I single; on II to V with 2-6 branches; on 
VI single or double. Pentad hair 1 with 3-5 
branches; 3 with 3-4; 5 with 1-3. Comb of 
80 to 100 small scales in a triangular patch, 
the entire margin of the scales fringed. Siphon 
smooth, sclerotization * incomplete basally, 
without acus, index 2.4; 7-15 pecten teeth in 
a row, with the basal 1-4 teeth off the sclero- 
tized portion of the siphon, the teeth each 
fringed along entire ventral margin; siphon 
hair single, rather stout. Anal plate smooth, 
covering little more than the dorsal area of 
the segment; Ih single, stout; isc with 5-9 
branches, osc single; ventral brush of 10 tufts 
(one specimen with 11) with 1 or 2 off the 
barred area basally, the tufts with 5-8 
branches; barred area not connected laterally. 
Anal gills finger-like, the dorsal pair about 
1.3 times longer than ventral pair, and 2. 1-3. 5 
times longer than the anal plate. 
BIONOMICS: The adults were captured in 
vegetation near a river. The larvae were col- 
lected from tree holes, nipa axils and stumps, 
bamboo stumps, and artificial containers. 
Fig. 2. A. {Skusea) fumidus. Larva (Luzon), a. Head; 
h, terminal segments. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. R.K.L. 
(many adults with assoc, skins). Luzon: 
Olongapo, Subic Bay, Zambales Prov. (Roze- 
boom, MacMillan). 
Outside of the Philippines known from 
Malaya, Celebes, Boeton, and Kabaena. 
DISCUSSION: This species has not previously 
been reported from the Philippines. The 
identification was confirmed by comparison 
of specimens with the type. 
