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Fig. 12. A. (Cancraedes) miachaetessus. Male termina- 
lia (Samar), a, Lateral aspect of basistyle, lateral surface 
of basistyle omitted; b, left half of mesosome. 
Shannon, Insecutor Inscidae Men- 
struus 13: 78 (2 females). Type locality: 
Philippines. Camp Stotsenberg, Pam- 
panga Prov. Luzon (Telft). Type: 2 
females (cotypes) in U.S.N.M.f One 
of these specimens is here designated 
lectotype. 
1929. A. Cancraedes) miachaetessa, Dyar and 
Shannon. Edwards, Bui. Ent. Res. 20; 
342. Different combination. 
ADULT: A very small dark species, without 
special markings. 
Male. Wing length about 2.1 mm. Head: 
Proboscis dark. Palpus very short, no longer 
than the clypeus, dark. Torus bare. Vertex 
with broad dark scales, a few dark upright- 
forked scales on nape. Thorax: Scutal inte- 
gument dark brown; with narrow dark scal- 
ing. Scutellar lobes with broad dark scales. 
Apn and ppn with a few narrow-curved dark 
scales. Pleuron yellowish brown in color, bare 
of scales except for a few translucent dusky 
broad scales dorsally on sternopleuron; a few 
short pale hairs dorsoanteriorly and ventro- 
posteriorly on sternopleuron; 1-2 stout lower 
mesepimeral bristles. Legs: All dark. Tarsal 
claws simple, those of fore and midlegs un- 
equal. Wings: Dark-scaled. Halter knob dark- 
scaled. Abdomen: Tergites and sternites dark- 
scaled. Segments V-VIII noticeably enlarged, 
VII-VIII much retracted, sternite VIII with 
apical half densely covered with very long 
hairs. Terminalia: As in figures. The one fig- 
ure is a lateral view of the left basistyle. The 
basistyle in this species is extremely bulbous, 
and in order to show the dististyle and its 
subapical appendages adequately the outer 
surface of the basistyle is omitted from the 
drawing. 
Female. Similar to the male except that the 
tergites have white basolateral patches, and 
the sternites are white basally. Tarsal claws 
equal, simple. 
LARVA: Unknown. 
BIONOMICS; Two males were collected from 
the mouths of crab holes. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specmens examined. R.K.L. 
Samar: 1 male, Osmena (Laffoon, Knight). 
Mindanao; 1 male, Zamboanga (Knight, 
Laffoon). U.S.N.M. Luzon: 2 female types. 
Camp Stotsenberg, Pampanga Prov. 
Not known from outside the Philippines. 
The two females from Koh Kut Island, Gulf 
of Siam, listed by Dyar and Shannon (1925: 
78) have been examined (in U.S.N.M.) and 
are believed to be curtipes on the basis of the 
dark pleurae. 
DISCUSSION: The male of this species had 
not previously been described. Of course, it 
is quite possible that the association of sexes 
made here is incorrect as the correlation is 
made solely on general appearance. 
Aedes (Cancra^des) curtipes Edwards 
Fig. 13 
1915. Aedes ?curtipes Edwards, Bui. Ent. Res. 
5: 283 (4 females). Type locality: Bor- 
neo. Kuching (.^), Sarawak (Moulton), j 
Type: Female (holotype) in B.M.f 
1928. Aedes {Sk.usea) curtipes, Edw. Edwards, 
Bui. Ent. Res. 18: 274. Different com- 
bination. 
1929. A. {Cancraedes) curtipes, Edw. Edwards, 
Bui. Ent. Res. 20: 342. Different com- 
bination. 
Male described by Edwards (1928: 274). 
Larva described by Edwards and Given (1928: 
346). 
