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Remarks .—This mosquito is somewhat difficult to place as it very 
osely resembles the genus Stegomyia and in some respects the genus 
:utomyia founded by Mr. Theobald on a specimen of Scutomyia Alboli- 
>ata I sent him which I took here, but I have placed it in this genus 
ough it differs in the following points the flat scales on the head are much 
nailer and have more rounded ends than those on the head of a typical 
egomyia, there is a distinct row of narrow curved scales along the orbital 
argin but none on the vertex as in Scutomyia, the scutellar scales are 
nailer than those of stegomyia, the proboscis is relatively longer, and the 
)dy more slender. It resembles Scutellaris at a glance even more than 
:utomyia Albolineata does, as the banding of the hind leg is very similar, 
it the single white scutellar spot at once distinguishes it. From Scutomyia 
lbolineata it is easily distinguished by the banding of the hind legs the 
reater breadth of the central white thoracic band and the ovoid shape of 
lat band. The time of capture was May at “ The Gap,” October and 
lovember in the jungle on the Pahang Road near Kuala Lumpur. I 
ave sometimes wondered whether this species could be a hybrid as the 
jsult of the crossing of a male Stegomyia with a female Scutomyia Alboli- 
eata. I once caught such a pair copulating but the female unfortunately 
ied without laying eggs. 
Stegomyia Fasciata.— Fabvicius. 
Head with black spatulate scales a white central and two lateral 
[>hite bands on either side. Thorax with two narrow central white stripes 
nd a broad silvery lateral stripe which forms a crescentric band on the 
nterior two-thirds and a straight line on the posterior third. Abdomen 
landed and with snowy-white lateral spots. Legs banded. 
Female Head .—Black ; a bare line in the centre, on either side silvery., 
cales outside these on either side brown then white then brown followed 
>y white bands; the blackish-brown bands are the broadest. Basal joint 
)f antenna black with silvery scales, remaining joints black with black 
verticils. Clypeus black with two small patches of silvery spatulate scales. 
3 alpi black scaled at the. base with brilliant silvery scales at the apex. 
D roboscis clad with black scales. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes black, clad with silvery elliptical scales. 
Vtesonotum black with two very narrow central stripes of silvery hair- 
ike scales; on the margin of the anterior two-third is a broad silvery 
:rescentic band composed of short broad curved scales with pointed 
inds and joining the hinder end of this crescent is a straight line of similar 
scales which runs back to the base of the scutellum; on either shoulder is 
i patch of creamy-yellow scales some narrow curved and some racquet- 
shaped ; the rest of the mesonotum is clad with bright bronze hair-like 
scales. Scutellum black, each lobe clad with a large patch of white spatu¬ 
late scales. Pleurae black with several patches of broad silvery scales. 
Wings brown with dark brown scales, the lateral scales are long linear 
scales; fork cells long, first longer than the second, its base nearer the 
wing base, its stem about one-third the length of the cell; posterior cross¬ 
vein rather more than twice its length from the median. Coxae 
dark brown with silvery scales ; femora silvery beneath and at the sides in 
