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i the second joint, but none on any of the succeeding joints. Prothoracic 
bes with dense tufts of brown palisade scales. Proboscis, longer than 
the female. Palpi, with last two joints swollen, the under surface of 
: multimate joint beset with long golden hairs, upper surface mostly clad 
ith white scales, ultimate white scaled above. W ing, scaling similar 
> that of the female. 
Occurrence .—Larvae taken in ponds and roadside ditches both in towns 
id country. 
Remarks .—I have included under this name specimens w hich \ ary in 
linor points. The presence or absence of a pale patch in the wing fringe 
pposite the lower branch of the fifth vein is not of specific importance, as 
aecimens can be obtained shewing every gradation from no spot to a spot 
f some size. The amount of leg banding varies very considerably. 
Ir. Theobald does not make separate species of those with narrow bands 
nd those with broad. From Peditaeniatus this mosquito differs chiefly m 
he win® - scaling. In Sinensis the yellow scaling predominates, and t e 
,rown scales are more or less collected into small spots, while it is exact y 
he reverse in Peditaeniatus. The real reason for separating them 
bsolutely is the difference that there is in the larvae from which they 
espectively hatch. 
. MYZORHYNCUS PeDIT/ENIATUS. n. sp. 
Head, dark slate, with blue-black and dark brown upright scales and a 
on^ white tuft on vertex. Prothoracic lobes, black-brown with tuft of 
, ffack-brown palisade scales on the apex of each. Thorax, dark slate with 
larker lines and eye spots clad with pale golden hairs. \\ mgs, wit two 
:ostal spots and golden apical fringe. Hind legs broadly banded. 
Female Head .—Dark slate; a tuft of long silvery hair-like scales on the 
! vertex, a bare line running back from this to margin of occipital foramen, on 
either side of this from before backwards are first, some silvery narrow blunt- 
snded scales curved on the flat, which are succeeded by bluish-white upright 
scales arranged in transverse rows, and these are succeeded by rows of dark 
brown to black upright scales which spread laterally. Eyes when fresh 
brilliant bronze-green, with purple bands, like the eyes of atabamci. .basal 
J joint of antenna very small and dark brown in colour, remaining joints, 
black, with pale rings at the insertion of the verticils, and white scales on the 
first few joints, downy white hairs on the remainder; verticils, black, 
second joint about i± times the length of any succeeding joint. Clypeus, 
black. Palpi, heavily scaled at the base with long black clavate scales ; 
sometimes there are a few white ones on the upper surface. _ There may or 
may not be white scales at the junction of second and third joints, and 
again at junction of third and fourth, but there is always a well-marked 
silvery band at the base of the fifth joint, and also at its apex. T e pa pi, 
'-when fresh, are exactly the length of the proboscis, but when dry they 
may be longer or shorter according to the respective amount of shrinkage. 
[ Proboscis, black-scaled throughout, with brown unsealed labellae. 
Thorax. —Prothoracic lobe, blackish-brown, with a dense tuft of dark 
brown upright clavate scales on its apex. Mesonotum, dark slate, wit 
brown should,ers and dark lines, one central in front, one on either side 
