Aedes of the Philippines — Knight and HULL 
larity, it seems quite likely that croceus is 
either a subspecies of luteus or else a poly- 
morphic form of it. However, insufficient 
material is available at present to settle the 
status of these forms. 
Aedes sp., near medleri and flavipennis 
There is a single male specimen in the 
U.S.N.M. which is similar to medleri in having 
the proboscis largely dark-scaled except for a 
median band, and to flavipennis in having the 
subapical tergal scale tuft of the basistyle 
long and pale; but it differs from either in 
that this scale tuft arises in a scattered elon- 
gate area extending from the row of stout 
setae on the basal one-third of the tergal 
aspect to near the apex of the basistyle, in- 
stead of from a compact circular area as in 
medleri and flavipennis. This specimen, which 
was reared from pandanus by J. L. Laffoon, 
is from Cape Melville, Balabac Island (VI- 
1945). Whether or not this specimen repre- 
sents a distinct species can only be determined 
when more material is available from that 
area. Deposited in U.S.N.M. as Finlaya Sp. 
40. 
Aedes (Finlaya) melanopterus (Giles) 
Figs. 5, 6 
1904. Finlaya melanoptera Giles, Jour. Trop. 
Med. 7: 367 (female). Type locality: Philip- 
pines. Camp Stotsenberg, Angeles, Pam- 
panga Prov., Luzon (Whitmore). Type: 
Female (holotype) in B. M.f 
1914. Popea palawanensis Ludlow, Psyche 21: 
30 (female). Type locality: Philippines. 
Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Type: Female 
(holotype) in U.S.N.M. f 
1917. Ochlerotatus (F.) melanopterus Giles. 
Edwards, Bui. Ent. Res. 7: 214. Different 
combination. Synonymized palawanensis. 
ADULT: A black and white species with 
prominent white scutal markings. Hind tarsi 
with incomplete basal and apical bands on I, 
a narrow basal band on II, remaining seg- 
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ments all dark. King and Hoogstraal (1946: 
311) have partially described the male and 
larva. 
Male. Wing length 3. 0-3. 5 mm. Head: 
Proboscis dark-scaled. Palpus approximately 
equal to the proboscis in length; dark-scaled; 
V shorter than IV, the hairs on the apex of 
III and along IV-V rather sparse, segments 
IV-V not curved and only very slightly down- 
tilted. Torus bare; some dark scales on the 
first flagellar segment of antenna. Vertex 
completely covered with broad white scales, 
some narrow pale scales on the nape, a band 
of pale upright-forked scales on the nape 
(may appear brownish in some lights) and a 
few scattered anteriorly on the dorsum. 
Thorax: Scutum covered with narrow scales, 
these white (frequently with a yellowish 
tinge) except for a transverse band of dark 
scales at the level of the paratergite (inter- 
rupted medially by white scales and with a 
posterior extension on either side of the pre- 
scutellar area) and for an area of dark scales 
in the postero-lateral corner of the scutum; 
dorso-central bristles present, acrostichals and 
prescutellars absent. Scutellum with a patch 
of narrow white scales on the mid lobe, lateral 
lobes with a very few hair-like brownish 
scales. Apn with broad white scales; ppn with 
a small dorso-anterior patch of broad white 
scales. The following pleural areas each with 
a patch of broad white scales: propleural, 
paratergite (on the under surface), dorsal 
sternopleural, medio-posterior sternopleural, 
and upper mesepimeral (an oblique band ex- 
tending from the anterior margin in the 
vicinity of the dorsal sternopleural patch to 
the dorsal hair tuft). Legs: Fore femur with 
anterior surface dark except for a few basal 
white scales (one specimen had a dorso- 
apical white patch), posterior surface marked 
with a broad pale area from near base to be- 
yond middle; mid femur with anterior sur- 
face dark, marked by a ventral white area from 
near base to beyond middle and by a separate 
apical white area, posterior surface pale- 
scaled with a basal dark area and another just 
