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„ shorter and the base of the second is decidedly nearer the base ot the 
' 1 t u at; „f the first - genital lobes clad with dark brown and flaxen 
alls^ Fore unluesVarkelly unequal, the larger unguis with one tooth, 
ntrues of mid and hind legs equal and simple. 
°Occurrence —Larvae taken in roadside puddles or any small collection o 
agnant water near houses. Adults taken in bungalows at Kuala Lumpur, 
ingapore, Penang, Klang, etc. _ . , , 
Remarks .—Though variable as to colour it is easily recognised, the on y 
-her Malayan species at all resembling it is M. Albirostns, but the banding 
f^the proboscis and palpi and the scaling of the wing differ considerably in 
ie two species. 
Myzomyia Punctulata.— Donitz. 
Proboscis with the apical half clad with pale creamy-yellow scales, 
■alpi with a narrow silvery band and two broad silvery bands and a silvery 
pex. Costa, with five yellow spots and numerous yellow spots on the 
/ino- field. Thighs and tibiae spotted. 
0 Female H>ad -Black, with whitehair-likescales.andshort linearscaleson 
he vertex and a few white upright scales behind these, followed by dark brown 
mriXt scales behind and at thS sides. Basal joint of antenna:, dark brown 
gcotid joint brown with silvery scales, remaining joints brown with sihe y 
iownv hairs and silvery ver'ticillate hairs. Palpi, clad with dark brown 
cales with a narrow ring of white scales at the apex of the second joint, the 
iasal half of third joint is dark brown, the apical half creamy-white, and 1 e 
ast two joints are entirely creamy save for a very narrow brown ring at 
he base of each. Apical half of proboscis, tawny-yellow. 
Thorax. —Prothoracic lobes, dark brown with dark brown scale tufts 
Mesonotum, dark brown, with an eye-like spot in front o either wing and 
t larwe dark spot at the base of the scutellum, with few bluish-white narrow 
turvld scales inserted on the anterior margin, and a tuft of small Sj»tulate 
bluish-white scales on each shoulder, the rest of the mesonotum being c.ad 
with'pale hairs and dark brown bristles. Scutellum, dark blackish-brown 
in the centre paler at the sides. Pleura:, blackish-brown and nude. \\ mgs 
dad with dark brown and yellow scales :-First third of costa broken by three 
yellow spots the last of which involves the first long vein the puddle third 
is brown scaled with one large yellow spot where the sobmosta joins it the 
apical third is first brown, then yellow, brown, and >' el ifveUow 
veins are brown scaled with numerous yellow spots , the frm 0 e is >e 
wherever a vein joins the margin ; the lateral scales are lanceolate ; firs 
fork cell longer and narrower than the second, its base considerably neater 
the base of the wing ; posterior cross-vein about twice its own engthjrom 
the median. Coxa:, dusky brown. Legs, clad with dark brown scales 
with numerous creamy-yellow spots on femora tibia: and metatarsi. The 
apex of each metatarsus and tarsal joint has a creamy-yellow band, those 
on the fore legs involving both sides of the joint. 
Abdomen. —Black, clad with pale hairs onl\. 
Male. —Plumes, pale fawn-brown. Palpi, with last two joints enlarged, 
both clad with golden scales and a narrow basal ring of dark brow n scales , 
antepenultimate joint with a ring of creamy scales about its centre, a 
