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scaled, first long vein, entirely black scaled, except for a few creamy scales in 
two patches about the centre and creamy scales at its extreme tip - stem of 
second vein, entirely black scaled, upper branch black scaled, except for a 
small pomon at its apex, lower branch black scaled at base and apex, and in 
the centre a patch of creamy scales ; third vein, mottled with black and 
creamy scales; fourth vein, with black scales on its stem, its upper branch 
mottled, the black scales predominating, its lower branch with yellow scales 
except at its base and apex ; fifth vein, with a definite patch of black scales 
near its base, beyond this chiefly yellow scaled with scattered black scales 
intermixed; sixth vein, with mostly yellow scales, except for two patches of 
b acv , fringe, black except for a few yellow scales opposite each costal spot 
and similar patches opposite the junction of third vein, with margin and the 
lower branch on the fifth; border scales, black. All legs black scaled with 
small creamy apical bands to all the tibiae to metatarsus and first tarsal joint 
oi tore legs and metatarsus and first three tarsal joints of hind leg. 
Abdomen.— Black, with dark brown hairs and tuft of dark brown scales 
on the venter of the eighth segment. 
Male.—He ad as in the female. Antennae, with blackish-brown plumes 
and joints banded black and white. Palpi, entirely black scaled, longer by 
e last joint than the proboscis. Leg banding is broader than that in the 
temaie and the wing is more lightly scaled. 
Occurrence. Adults taken in bungalows in Kuala Lumpur and in jungle 
m Klang Larva; taken in any large piece of water in the open in various 
parts of the Peninsula. 
Remains.—A very distinct and easily recognised mosquito. When seen 
at rest the points that immediately strike one are its blackness, the great 
size of palpi and proboscis, and the size of the whole mosquito. It is a fairly 
common mosquito both in houses and jungle, and is the least variable as to 
™f, rk ‘ ng l of an y mem ber of this genus. From Umbrosus it can be at once 
L f Ar sence tu t ) V0 cost; b s P ot s and a pale patch opposite lower 
branch ot fifth vein. The larva is very distinct and is invariably self-coloured, 
and may be either pure black or rich grass-green or olive-brown. The 
larv $ described by Mr. Theobald in Vol. III. “ Monograph of Culicidae,” is, 
in my opinion the larva of his Sinensis and not Barbirostris. I have examined 
more than a hundred of these larva; and have never found one with white 
bands. I hese are common enough on the larva; of Sinensis. The larva; of 
Sinensis and this mosquito, have both a branched lateral hair on the 
n enna, u t e rontal hairs differ, that of Sinensis being composed of 
much thicker hairs than in Barbirostris. The head of Barbirostris larva 
is nearly always light brown, that of Sinensis is invariably black. 
Myzorhyncus Albot^niatus.— Theobald. 
He ? d ’ bl vv- Wlth b ! u , e ' black scales and a tuft of pale golden scales on 
HindTegs X broadly g banded tW ° SP °‘ S and with bIack a P ical frin g e ' 
„ ^ ea ^' ^ ac J\’ with long golden hair-like scales on the vertex, 
these ^ 11 F narr °^ jlte scales and some upright white scales behind 
these, all the rest of the head clad with upright scales, which vary in 
