nearly half as long as the cell; posterior cross vein about twice its own 
length from the median. Femora clad with blackish-brown scales, the hind 
silvery beneath and all with a ring of white scales at the apex ; tibiae white 
at the apices; metatarsus and first tarsal joint of all legs with small creamy 
basal bands; ungues equal and simple on all legs. 
Abdomen. —Blackish-brown above with the merest trace of basal band- 
in 0 ", but each segment shows a white spot in the centre at its base and there 
are white lateral spots. On the venter the segments show broad white 
basal bands. 
Male .—Antennae banded dark brown and white; plumes dark fawn - 
brown. Ultimate joint of the palpi with a white apex and a white ring at 
the base, penultimate joint with a white basal ring, the long hairs on these 
[ two joints are black opposite the black scaled portions white on the white 
parts. Antepenultimate joint with the whole of its under surface snow 
white, on the upper surface there are black and white scales on the basal two- 
- thirds, black only on the apical third. 1 he basal bands on the abdomen 
are broad and distinct that on the eighth segment is U-shaped. Fore and 
h mid ungues unequal the larger unguis in each case being uni-serrate. 
Occurrence .—Specimens bred from larvae from water in the marshy 
edges of a lake near Kuala Lumpur. 
’ Remarks .—This species does not accurately correspond to any one of 
the description of banded proboscis culicinae. It comes very near to several. 
Only one or two of this series have a distinct patch of black spatulate scales 
L on the sides of the head. Such a patch occurs in Culex \ ishnui but 
C. Perplexus differs materially from Vishnui in the thoracic ornamentation, 
the dark almost black basal antennal joint and the broad clavate wing 
scales. The thoracic ornamentation of C. Corniger seems to resemble this 
mosquito but differs in the position of the bases of the fork cells and t e 
type of wing scales and also in the number of bristles on the mid lo e o 
[ the scutellum. I can only say the identification of these mosquitoes is 
exceedingly difficult without comparision with the types. It may be I am 
re-describing a known species but I do not think so. 
Culex Loricatus. n. sp. 
Head densely clad with silvery crescentic and upright scales abo\e and 
behind, and laterally with silvery spatulate scales in the midst of which on 
either side adjacent to the orbital margin is a small patch of dark brown 
spatulate scales. Thorax deep brown, densely clad with silvery crescentic 
scales over the anterior three-fourths, with silvery and dark brown scales 
on the posterior fourth. Wings with light and dark brown scales the 
median on all veins after the second being very large piriform scales of a 
deep brown colour and projecting as lateral scales giving the wing a \ery 
unusual appearance. First three tarsal joints of all legs with broad creamy 
basal bands. 
Female Head .—Deep brown, thickly covered above with silvery 
broad crescentic (narrow-curved), and numerous creamy upright scales, 
upright scales posteriorly and laterally being dark brown ; on either 
side is a patch of white spatulate scales with a few dark brown 
spatulate scales forming a small spot adjoining the orbital margin. Basal 
