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median pale line apically. Mid-femur an- 
teriorly dark, posteriorly white except for a 
dorsal dark area on the apical half. Hind 
femur anteriorly white except for a dorso- 
apical dark marking, posteriorly with the 
apical two fifths dark. Tibiae all dark. Tarsi 
all dark, segment I of hind tarsi with a baso- 
lateral dull white area. Tarsal claws equal, 
those on fore and midlegs unidentate, simple 
on hind legs. Wings: Dark. Halter with dark- 
scaled knob. Abdomen: Tergites dark, very 
narrow basal pale bands on V-VII, large 
basolateral patches on I-VI (extending to 
apex of segments on I-III). Sternites white, 
narrow apical dark bands on some, VII-VIII 
all dark. 
LARVA: Unknown. 
BIONOMICS: The type series, all females, 
were taken while trying to bite the bare legs 
of native carriers. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type 
locality. 
DISCUSSION: This species has apparently 
not been retaken since Banks’s type series 
was collected. There are five badly broken 
female specimens in the U.S.N.M., all of 
which bear Banks’s determination label and 
which are presumably from the type locality, 
though not specifically labeled so. 
Aedes (Stegomyia) desmotes (Giles) 
Figs. 6, 7 
1904. Stegomyia desmotes Giles, Jour. Trop. 
Med. 7: 367 (female). Type locality: 
Philippines. Camp Stotsenberg, Angeles, 
Pampanga Prov., Luzon (Whitmore). Type: 
Female (holotype) in B. M.f 
1905. Anisocheleomyia ?alhitarsis Ludlow, 
Canad. Ent. 37: 131 (female). Type locality: 
Philippines. Camp Stotsenberg, Angeles, 
Pampanga Prov., Luzon (Whitmore). Type: 
Female (holotype) in U.S.N.M.f 
1908. Stegomyia gracilis 'LAcQsttt, Cul. Malaya, 
p. 81 (male, female). Type locality: Malaya. 
Ulu Klang jungle, Kuala Lumpur (Leices- 
ter). Type: Male (holotype) in B. M.f 
1910. Stegomyia alhipes Theobald, Indian 
Mus., Rec. 4: 11 (female). Type locality: 
India. Maddathoray, Travancore (Annan- 
dale). Type: Female (holotype) in Ind. 
Mus. 
1913 . Stegomyia desmotes Giles. Edwards, Bui. 
Ent. Res. 4: 225. Synonymized gracilis and 
alhipes. 
1922 . Aedes {Stegomyia) desmotes Giles. Ed- 
wards, Indian Jour. Med. Res. 10: 464. 
Synonymized alhitarsis. 
Barraud, 1934: 225 (adult, larva). 
ADULT: A small black and white species. 
Tibiae each with a white band just before 
middle. Hind tarsi with basal bands on I-III, 
IV and V all white. 
Male. Wing length approximately 2. 0-2. 5 
mm. Head: Proboscis dark. Palpus somewhat 
longer than proboscis; dark, with basal bands 
on II-III and small ventrobasal patches on 
IV-V; slender, a few* apical bristles on III-V. 
Torus with white scales. Vertex broad-scaled, 
white except for a large subdorsal and a 
smaller sublateral dark patch; a line of dark 
upright-forked scales on the nape. Thorax: 
Scutum black-scaled, anterior margin white- 
scaled, a pair of narrow subdorsal lines of 
white scales extending from anterior margin 
halfway to level of wing bases, a large white 
patch laterally before wing base which con- 
tinues anteriorly along lateral margin, three 
short longitudinal pale lines between wing 
bases, the outer line of these often connecting 
with the patch before the wing base. No 
dorsocentral or acrostichal bristles. Scutellar 
lobes each with a patch of broad white scales. 
Apn with broad white scales; ppn with narrow 
white scales above, broad ones below. Fol- 
lowing pleural areas each with a patch of 
broad white scales: propleural, subspiracular 
(2), postspiracular, paratergite, prealar, dor- 
sal sternopleural, medioposterior sternopleur- 
al, mesepimeral, and meteusternal. Legs: Fore 
femur anteriorly dark except for a basoventral 
white line; mid-femur anteriorly dark, a 
white patch before middle, one beyond the 
middle, and one at apex; hind femur an- 
