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especially towards the centre. The specimen is somewhat rubbed, but a 
slight examination made just after the fly had emerged satisfied me there is 
none of the distinct golden banding seen in the male. The alar bristles are 
strongly marked and dark brown in colour. Scutellum black, with three 
patches of purple-black broad flat scales : scutellar bristles brown. Pleura 
black with three patches of pearly-white scales, one small patch above the 
fore coxa, one large patch between fore and mid coxae and a third small 
patch above the hind coxa. Wings dark, clad with purple-black scales, the 
median long and narrow with square ends the lateral lanceolate; first fork 
cell longer and slightly narrower than second, its base nearer base of wing, 
its stem about two-third the length of the cell; mid and supernumerary cross¬ 
veins meeting at an open angle, posterior cross-vein rather more than its own 
length distant from mid. Fore coxae black basally, pale yellow-brown 
apically, mid and hind coxae black paler on the inner faces; a patch of 
white scales on the anterior surface of fore coxae and outer surface of mid 
coxae; trochanters of all legs pale yellow-brown with pale scales; fore legs 
entirely purple scaled, mid purple scaled except for a long patch of white 
scales on the under surface of the femora in the middle; hind femora white 
scaled for the basal two-thirds and for the apical fifth purple scaled 
between. On the underside the white scaling extends further than on the 
upper and lateral surfaces; tibiae and tarsi purple scaled; fore and mid 
ungues equal and uni-serrate. Metanotum dark brown ; halteres with pale 
stems and black scaled knobs. 
Abdomen. Dorsally purple scaled, ventrally purple scaled with pearly- 
■\\ hite basal bands to the segments. Square basal pearly-white lateral 
spots, are present on either side of each segment while the last segment 
has a basal white band. 
Male. —With plumose antennae the plumes being deep black. The palpi 
are a little shorter than the proboscis very slender and entirely clad with 
black scales with purple reflections. The proboscis is as long as the whole 
body and more slender than is usual in members of this genus. The 
mesonotum bears the same white shoulder patches as the female but the 
rest of its surface is clad either entirely with golden scales or in some 
specimens with golden scales over the greater part of its surface the edges 
being black scaled. The fore and mid ungues are unequal and each 
unguis bears a tooth. In other respects the male resembles the female. 
Occurrence. Described from a series bred from water in the hollow of a 
tree in the jungle at Ampang. 
Remarks. —There is no other Stegomyia this species can be confused 
with as the golden-scaled mesonotum in the male is quite a unique 
feature. • 
Stegomyia Fusca. n. sp. 
Head clad in the centre with metallic purple-black flat scales: on 
either side of this is a narrow band of white scales and the portion of the 
orbital margin on the genal side of this band is bounded by a narrow line 
of white scales; black scales clothing the rest of the side of the head 
Thorax brownish-black with dark bronze scales. Abdomen clad with 
