460 
Fig. 5. A. (Aedimorphus) punctifemore. Dististyle of 
male terminalia (Luzon). 
imen at present known of the male of this 
species. Figure 5 illustrates the dististyle of 
this specimen. 
Female. Wing length about 3.5 mm. Pro- 
boscis dark, paler beneath. Palpus about one- 
sixth as long as the proboscis, dark. Torus' 
with broad silvery scales medially. Vertex with 
some broad dark scales medially, narrow white 
scales medially on nape, maybe a few medial 
dark narrow scales, and in the type these latter 
scales extend to the eyes; remainder of dor- 
sum and all of lateral surface broad-scaled, 
pale except for two dark-scaled areas; some 
dark upright-forked scales on nape. Thorax: 
Integument dark. Scutum with fine reddish- 
black scales, 2 pairs of small silvery broad- 
scaled spots on disc of scutum, a small patch 
of similar scales above wing base, one on 
either side of prescutellar space and one on 
prescutellar space. Scutellum with broad white 
scales on each lobe. Apn with some broad 
white scales with narrow dark ones above, 
some white broad scales below. Following 
pleural areas each with a patch of small white 
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broad scales: propleural, subspiracular (2 
patches), paratergite, dorsosternopleural, low- 
er posterior sternopleural, and mesepimerah 
Legs: Femora and tibiae anteriorly dark, with 
silvery anterior knee spots and with scattered 
broad translucent silvery scales present. Tarsi 
dark. Wings: Dark, a small white spot basally 
on costa, Flalter knob dark. Abdomen: Tergites 
dark, basolateral white spots present. 
LARVA: Unknown. 
BIONOMICS: Unknown except that females 
were taken in a carabao-baited trap on Samar. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. R.K.L. 
Samar: Numerous females, Osmena. U. S. 
N.M. Luzon: 1 male terminalia, 15 females, 
Camp Nichols, Rizal Prov. (Carraway.) Fe- 
male type, Ft. Wm. McKinley, Rizal Prov. 
Outside the Philippines, known only from 
Bihar, India, 
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans 
nocturnus (Theobald) 
Figs, 6, 7 
1903 . Culex nocturnus Theobald, Mon. CuL 
3: 159 (females). Type locality: Fiji 
(Hall). Type: 2 females (cotypes) in 
B.M.f 
1913 . Culex nocturnus niger Theobald, Nova 
Caledonia 1: 164 (1 specimen). Type 
locality: New Caledonia. Canala (Sara- 
sin and Roux). Type: Sex unknown; 
in Bale Museum. 
1946. Aedes {Aedimorphus) vexans nocturnus 
(Theobald). Bohart and Ingram, Mosq. 
Okinawa and Islands in Central Pacific, 
NavMed. 1055, p, 15. 
ADULT: Vertex dorsum and scutellum nar- 
row-scaled, Scutum with bronzy-brown, yel- 
low, and whitish scales intermixed. Hind tarsi 
with ba'sal bands on all segments. 
Male. Wing length 3. 0-3. 4 mm. Head: Pro- 
boscis dark, a poorly defined broad paler area 
near the middle. Palpus longer than proboscis 
by about length of last segment; II-IV with 
basal white bands; numerous long hairs aris- 
ing apically on III and laterally along IV-V 
