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widely spaced. Only 1-2 tufts of ventral brush 
off the barred area basally. 
BIONOMICS: The adults were collected while 
attempting to bite humans and on several 
occasions were netted in densely shaded 
woods. Also, females were taken from a ca- 
rabao-baited trap. Edwards (1928^?.' 53) re- 
ported females taken at a light in Malaya. 
The larvae were taken on one occasion from 
road ruts through a coconut grove. Penn 
(1949: 245) found a larval collection on Min- 
doro in a shaded permanent ditch in which 
the water was clear, stagnant, and with a 
of 6.5. Leicester (1908: 132) collected the 
larvae from jungle pools in Malaya. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S. 
N.M. Samar: 1 female, Osmena (Rozeboom, 
Zolik). Males, females, San Antonio (Paul- 
lus). Palawan: 14 males, 3 females, Bacungan 
(Laffoon). Seven females, Puerto Princesa 
(Johnson, Laffoon). Mindanao: 1 male, 2 fe- 
males, Zamboanga, City of Zamboanga Prov. 
(Johnson, Laffoon, Knight). One male, Mer- 
cedes, Zamboanga Prov. (Laffoon, Knight). 
Jinamoc Island (between Samar and Leyte) 
(Medler). C.A.S. Mindoro: 2 larvae, San Jose 
(Ross). 
Literature records. Luzon: Los Banos, Laguna 
Prov. (Bohart, 1945: 62). Mindoro: Camina- 
wit Point (Penn, 1949: 1). Calapan (Edwards, 
1929: 5). 
Outside the Philippines, this species has 
been reported from the Solomon Islands, Ad- 
miralty Islands, New Guinea, northern Aus- 
tralia, Duke of York Island, Sumatra, Java, 
Ceram, Borneo, Malaya, India, Assam, Bur- 
ma, and Japan. 
Aedes (Aedimorphus) mindoroensis 
Knight and Hull 
1929. A. {Aed) lowisi Theo. Edwards, Notu- 
lae Ent. 9: 5. 
1934. Aedes {Aedimorphus) sp. Edwards, foot- 
note, in Barraud, fauna Brit. India, 
Dipt. 5: 250. Called attention to the 
fact that material named as lowisi by 
Edwards (1929: 5) in actuality repre- 
sented another species. 
1951. Aedes {Aedimorphus) mindoroensis Knight 
and Hull, Pacific Sci. 5: 199 (1 male, 
4 females). Type locality: Philippines. 
Calapan, Mindoro Island. Type: Male 
(holotype) in B.M.f Terminalia sepa- 
rated. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. Type se- 
ries. Mindoro: Calapan. 
DISCUSSION: A. mindoroensis is most closely 
related to lowisi, a species that is known only 
from the Andaman Islands and from Morotai 
in the Moluccas. Externally, the adult of lowisi 
is indistinguishable from that of mindoroensis. 
However, the male genitalia of lowisi differs 
in having the narrow basal portion of the 
dististyle equal to no more than half the total 
length and in being evenly slender instead of 
rather broadly tapered, in having the short 
tergal setae in a rather narrow band along the 
mesal margin, and in lacking any special 
arrangement of the sternal setae of the basi- 
style. Because of the nature of the similarities 
between these species, it seems likely that a 
single polytypic species is concerned. How- 
ever, much more material must become avail- 
able before this can be determined definitely. 
This species may be distinguished from the 
other members of Group C occurring in the 
Philippines by its banded tarsi. 
Aedes (Aedimorphus) punctifemore 
(Ludlow) 
Lig. 5 
1921. Stegomyia punctifemore Ludlow, Military 
Surgeon 49 : 69O (1 female). Type lo- 
cality: Philippines. Port Wm. McKin- 
ley, Rizal Prov., Luzon. Type: female 
(holotype) in U.S.N.M.f 
Male described by Dyar (1925: 217) and 
the female by Edwards, in Barraud (1934: 443) . 
ADULT: Scutum with several small spots of 
broad silvery scales. Tarsi all dark. 
Male. A poor terminalia mount in the U. 
S. National Museum is the only existing spec- 
