468 
Guinea. The females are vicious biters and 
are present in great numbers shortly after the 
beginning of isolated rainy periods. Gurney 
(Bohart, 1945: 63) collected larvae on Bou- 
gainville Island from shaded leafy woodland 
pools. Causey (1937: 413) reported larvae 
from a buffalo wallow in Siam. Dr. E. S. Ross 
has reported to us in personal correspondence 
that he collected the larvae on Mindoro in 
shaded temporary puddles. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S. 
N.M. Palawan: 4 females, Puerto Princesa 
(McGregor). Mindanao: 1 female, Ft. Pikit 
(Spry). 
Literature records. Mindanao: Port Banga 
(Edwards, 1929: 5). 
Also, the above unpublished record from 
Dr. E. S. Ross of San Jose, Mindoro. 
Outside the Philippines reported from Ja- 
pan, Siam, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, 
Ceram, Amboina, New Britain, New Guinea, 
and the Solomons. 
DISCUSSION: The type has been studied in 
detail. The head and hind tarsal segments 
III-V are completely missing, and the scutum 
is rather badly rubbed. The remainder of the 
specimen is in sufficiently good condition to 
make out all the characters. A female specimen 
from Cyclops Mts., Hollandia, Dutch New 
Guinea (Laffoon) in the Knight collection 
was compared with the type and found to 
agree in all details. A male which was cap- 
tured at the same time as this female, and 
which agrees very well with it, is believed to 
represent the male of imprimens. This pair of 
specimens was used for the above adult de- 
scription. Three wild-captured females from 
Pavuvu, Russell Group (Downs) and one 
from Guadalcanal (Downs) in the Knight 
collection agree in all details with the New 
Guinea female. 
The larva has not previously been described 
except for some brief notes by Bohart (1945: 
63) from larvae taken on Bougainville Island, 
Solomons (Gurney). 
Apparently, no authentic material of aura- 
tus Leicester exists, but based on Leicester’s 
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description (female only) this species agrees 
very well with the description of imprimens 
given above. 
The Dutch New Guinea male specimen 
referred to previously was compared to the 
type (male) of A. (B.) hrugi Edwards in the 
British Museum. The two were found identi- 
cal in all details, including terminalia, except 
that the hrugi specimen was distinctly smaller 
(wing length described as 3.8 mm. in original 
description) . This is also true of a single male 
in the Knight collection that was reared from 
larvae collected in a road rut at Lake Sentani, 
Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. This spec- 
imen was also compared to the type of hrugi 
and found to agree perfectly. It is believed 
that hrugi is a synonym of imprimens, but, 
until evidence is forthcoming that the size 
difference is inconsequential,, it is thought 
better to hold the two species separate. 
Aedes (Banksinella) lineatopennis 
(Ludlow) • 
Figs. 10, 11 
1901. Culex luteolateralis Hhtobdld (type male 
only), Mon. Cul. 2: 71 (males, females). 
Type locality: Africa. Durban, Natal 
(Christophers). Salisbury, Rhodesia 
(Marshall). Malaya. Straits Settlements, 
Perak (Wray). Type: Male (lectotype) 
in B.M. 
1905. Taeniorhynchus lineatopennis Ludlow, 
Canad. Ent. 37: 133 (females). Type 
locality: Philippines. Camp Gregg, Ba- 
yambang, Pangasinan Prov. Luzon 
(Chamberlain). (However, the type la- 
bel has "Camp Gregg, Angeles, Pam- 
panga Province.”) Type: 3 females (co- 
types) in U.S.N.M.f The specimen 
bearing the locality label is here des- 
ignated lectotype. 
1913. Pseudohowardina line alts Taylor, Rpt. 
I9II5 Austral. Inst. Trop. Med., p. 10 
(female). Type locality: Australia. 
Ching Do and Townsville, Queens- 
land. Type: No information. 
