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banded two last tarsal joints pure white. A very slender mosquito of 
small size. A severe day biter. 
. . Fannie Head. —Black compressed laterally and elongated longitudinally 
giving it the shape of an oblong; a band of broad flat white scales runs 
backwards from the vertex-and ends just in front of the occipital fora¬ 
men, on either side of this is a crescentic patch of black scales followed by 
a band of white then of black scales under parts being white scaled; 
there is a narrow line of white scales along the orbital margins, and 
a few rows of black upright scales on the nape, very difficult to see 
owing to the arching of the thorax over the head, which extend but 
a .™7 way laterally. Basal joint of antenna black, thickly clad 
with broad white scales which extend round the whole joint except for a 
small space on the outer surface, second joint black, with some small 
black scales on its inner face, remaining joints black with a white 
tomentum; verticillate hairs black. Clypeus black and nude. Palpi 
black scaled over the basal two-thirds white scaled on the apical third, 
joints indistinguishable. Proboscis enlarged apically, black scaled. 
Thorax. —Prothoracic lobes black, on the outer face superiorly is a 
patch of broad snowy-white scales with rounded ends, above in front of 
these are some black bristles. Mesonotum black. A band of snowy-white 
scales runs round the whole anterior margin in front of the wings on the 
anterior half, on either side of the middle line are two narrow lines of white 
scales which extend about half-way across the mesonotum; on either side 
the marginal line of white scales just in front of the wing roots spreads 
inwards and forms a broad white patch ; on the posterior half are three white 
lines which . terminate opposite the white scutellar spots; the rest of the 
mesonotum is covered with bronze-black narrow curved scales. Scutellum 
black with a round patch of broad white scales on each lobe, separated 
by. bare spaces. Pleurae black with four patches of broad white scales. 
Wings with costa to first longitudinal vein very heavily scaled with broad 
spatulate black scales which like all the black scales on this mosquito have 
a purple hue in a good light, the other veins have a double row of rather 
long spatulate median scales and on their apical halves long narrow I 
lateral scales, the lower branch of the fifth and sixth veins have no lateral 
scales, first fork cell longer and narrower than second posterior, its base nearer 
the base of the wing, its stem a little shorter than the cell; supernumerary 
and mid cross veins meet an angle; posterior about three times its own length 
from mid. Coxae black with patches of white scales on their outer face, 
foie coxae clad with black scales in front and there are three long bristles at 
the apex of each ; there is a row of pale bristles on the posterior face of 
each hind coxa. Fore leg: femora black scaled with a narrow line of 
white scales more or less perfect on the interior face, tibia black scaled 
with a ring of white scales at junction of basal and middle thirds, meta¬ 
tarsus black scaled with a broad basal band of white, tarsus black scaled 
except for a band of white on first tarsal joint; mid leg similarly scaled 
with the addition of two white spots on the anterior face of the femora and 
a white ring at the apex; ungues equal and uni-serrate on both legs the j 
tooth being very small. Hind legs, with basal half of femora clad with 
silvery-white scales, which extend further beneath and laterally than above, 
