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ie lateral lobes of the scutellum for one-third of the distance of the 
lesonotum. The rest of the mesonotum except the shoulders which are 
lad with silvery elliptical scales, is clad with bright bronze hair-like scales, 
'here is a short silvery line over the root of each wing composed of fusiform 
cales. Scutellum black each lobe entirely concealed by a covering of 
livery clavate scales. The scutellar and mesonotal bristles blackish-brown, 
fleurae black with patches of clavate silvery scales. Wings brown with 
.ark brown scales the lateral ones being linear with rounded ends; fork 
ells long, firs: longer than the second, its base nearer the wing base, its 
tern a little more than half the length of the cell; posterior cross vein 
hree times its own length from the median. Coxae dark brown with silvery 
cales. Fore legs with a narrow silvery line on the venter of the femora a 
ilvery spot at the apex of each femur and a narrow silvery band at the 
>ase of the metatarsus and first tarsal joint the rest clad with coal-black 
icales; the mid leg is the same with more white on the femur especially at 
ts base; hind femur with silvery band at its base silvery scales beneath 
ind a line of silvery scales on the sides and a broad patch at its apex the 
•est being blacc; tibia black scaled with rows of short silvery spines ; 
netatarsus and first three tarsal joints with broad silvery basal bands, last 
:arsal joint pure white. 
Abdomen .—3oal black above with narrow silvery basal bands, large 
silvery lateral siots and silvery bands on the venter. 
Male Head.— With scales similar to the female. Antennae densely plu¬ 
mose with olive-brown plumes. Palpi slender, longer than the proboscis 
by their last jont clad with black scales with four silvery bands, two on 
the first joint and one narrow one at base of penultimate and ultimate 
joints. In all ether respects the male resembles the female. Fore and 
mid ungues unequal the larger with a tooth. 
Occurrence - Larvae common in bath tubs in houses and exceedingly 
common in banboos in the jungle. Adults common in houses especially 
where such ar< near small patches of jungle or undergrowth. 
Remarks.- Although described in Theobald’s “ Monograph” I have re¬ 
described thismosquito as there are a few points apparently unnoticed in 
Theobald’s cescription probably because his specimens have not been quite 
perfect. Nomention is made of the difference in the shape of the scales 
in the medial white band on the head from the spatulate black scales at 
The sides, i^ain the three silvery lines on the posterior third of mesonotum 
are not memoned or the patches of elliptical scales on the shoulders and 
over the roos of the wings. This is a very widely distributed and common 
mosquito th; larvau being found in small collections of water almost every¬ 
where. 
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Stegomyia Nivea. — Ludlow . 
A rathr small stout mosquito with a conspicuous broad white band 
on either sile of the anterior thorax. Legs unbanded. Basal half of hind 
femora whce. 
ji Femal Head. —Black. Covered entirely with broad flat scales with 
truncated mds ; a small patch of white scales on the vertex ; behind this a 
