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Abdomen .—First segment with patches of black scales and numeroi 
black brown bristles, second segment has a narrow band of golden scales ; 
the base and two small patches of golden scales in front of this the re 
being scaled with black-brown scales, the remaining segments are almo 
entirely golden scaled. 
Occurrence— Described from three females and four males which wei 
taken as pupae in a small hole in marshy ground at Klang. 
. Remarks.—A large mosquito with wings longer than abdomen and whe 
aln e the abdomen is bent upon itself in a characteristic way, very Iff 
Alucidus. From one larva taken in the same hole but not examine 
carefully as it died in transit I suspect it is carnivorous. It resembled 
megarhine larva in shape and colouration and as far as could be seen wit 
a lens in the structure of the mouth parts. 
Genus 6.—Dcsvoidya.— Blanchard. 
Armigeres. — Theobald. 
Head clothed with large square-ended spatulate scales, a small patch c 
narrow-curved scales on the nape and a few rows of upright scales confine* 
to the nape. Palpi in the female, never more than one-fourth the length of th 
proboscis, in the male a little longer than the proboscis very slender and with 
out haiis. I he clypeus may or may not be scaled. Prothoracic lobes witl 
nai row-curved and spatulate scales. Mesonotum with long rather broac 
curved scales and a marginal line of broad curved scales. Scutellum witl 
large spatulate scales. Wings with rather broad linear lateral scales. Mai 
claspers curved with a row of blunt teeth. 
Remarks. -In the main essentials the above are the characters given fo 
this genus in Theobald’s “ Monograph ” except the narrow-curved scales or 
the head. As these are very few in number and are inserted far back or 
the occiput it is easy to miss them indeed if the head is pressed ui 
against the thorax as it often is they cannot be seen. This genus is closeh 
allied to Leicesteria but differs in the following characters: the female palp 
are never as long as in the latter genus the abdomen is much stouter the 
prothoracic lobes have narrow-curved as well as spatulate scales and the 
marginal line on the mesonotum is composed of broad curved scales anc 
not spatulate scales as in Leicesteria. In the male Desvoidya the claspers 
are armed with a row of blunt teeth while in Leicesteria the clasper bears three 
or four long finger-like processes on its apex. Three well marked species oc¬ 
cur here one of which D. Aureolineata is certainly new while D. Jugraensis 
is doubtfully so for it may be the D. Fusca described by Theobaihx My 
types of D. Obturbans differ in some minor points from the description 
given in Theobald but I consider that they are that species." One curious 
feature in this genus is the occasional presence of scales on the clypeus. It 
is only seen in certain species and in the adults of even these species thev 
,,‘Y B ' In comparing any particular specimen with this description it would 1 
well to read the remarks at the end of the description as to the variations in differei 
spec i m 0 ns. 
Since writing I have compared 
found them identical. 
my specimens with the British Museum types and 
