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scales above creamy below for a variable distance, the part so scaled on thel 
hind thigh being greater than that on the fore ; at the apex of each femur 
there is a narrow pale ring; tibiae purple scaled with a pale ring at the apex 
of each ; fore and mid metatarsi and tarsi purple-brown scaled; last two 
tarsal joints of hind leg pale fawn-brown almost creamy ; fore and mid ungues 
small equal and apparently simple, hind similar but smaller. 
Abdomen.—C lad above with purple-brown scales the metallic-purple 
tint being very evident. There are small basal white lateral spots evident 
on some of the segments. On those segments which do not shew this I am; 
convinced it is because they have telescoped beneath the preceding segment 
owing to the shrinking due to drying. Numerous ochraceous hairs are 
inserted on the free edge of each dorsal sclerite. Ventrally each segment is 
scaled with pale ochre-yellow scales on its basal two-thirds and purple-brown 
on its apex. 
Male. Head scaled as in the female but the scales at the side are 
rather paler in good light having a light silvery-brown colour. Antennae; 
markedly plumose, with black basal joint (difficult to see in the particular 
specimen as the joints have become partially concealed by the falling in of 
the frons from drying) with pearly-white scales, the remaining joints 
being black with a white band at the base. Plumes lon^, dark 
purple-brown, paler towards the apex. Palpi about three-fourths the 
length of the proboscis very slender and absolutely free from hairs, but; 
clad with purple-brown scales. Number of joints indeterminate. Apical 
third of proboscis considerably enlarged, the whole with scales similar to ! 
those on the palpi. Wings with the same broad notched scales as ini 
the female ; fork cells of nearly equal breadth, first longer than second, 
bases level; lateral scales on veins fewer than in the female. Legs scaled 
precisely as in the female with the same pale fawn scales on the hind tarsal I 
joints. Fore ungues markedly unequal larger unguis uni-serrate, smaller ; 
Simple; middle ungues unequal but less so than the fore, large tooth 
uni-serrate, hind ungues equal and simple. Genitalia apparently remark¬ 
ably simple covered with ochraceous hairs. Abdomen otherwise as in the 
female. 
Occurrence. One male taken in the jungle five miles from Kuala Lumpur 
and one female taken in the bungalow at Bukit Kutu. 
Remarks .—A new genus had to be created for this mosquito as it differs 
so markedly from Stegomyia and Scutomyia. The head scales are more ' 
rounded at the end, the female palpi are longer and the male shorter than 
m Stegomyia. The wing scales are unique and somewhat resemble those 
on the wing of a Mansonia and the length of the hairs on the mesonotum 
is greater than any mosquito I have seen out here. If it were not for the ; 
male palpi I should certainly have placed this mosquito near the genus I 
L ranotaema as its affinities are much nearer that genus than Stegomyia. 
j he new genus Etorleptiomyia created by Mr. Theobald for specimens 
described m “First Report ofthe Wellcome Research Laboratories, Khartoum, 
1 9°4, an d of which I have described one species in this work has wing 
scales somewhat similar, and the proboscis and palpi in this species exactly 
