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front on either shoulder, thinly clad with bright golden narrow-curved scalesj 
and dark brown bristles. Scutellum similar in colour to the mesonotum. 
Every one of my specimens is destitute of scales and as they are very 
perfect in other respects it is difficult to believe the scutellum has been 
denuded a fact which inclines me to the belief the scutellum is not scaled.' 
The bristles on each lobe are four in number those on the middle lobe being 
in pairs with a space between. > Pleurae orange-red with patches of purple! 
and on these are silvery spatulate scales. Wings with dull brown scales 
which, where massed as on the costa, become purple ; the lateral scales are 
blunt-ended spindles in shape though some of them on the bases of the 
veins have obliquely truncated ends and this is the shape of median scales | 
where present; on the third vein the lateral scales are narrower and more 
lanceolate in shape; first fork cell scarcely longer than the second its base | 
much nearer the apex of the wing its stem as long as the cell; posterior j 
cross-vein about one-and-half times its own length from the median. Coxae ; 
and bases of femora bright ochraceous the remainder of all legs being clad 
with rich purple scales. 
Abdomen .—Clad with purple scales above and each segment with a 
basal band of golden scales which on the apical segments broaden out later¬ 
ally. The amount of this banding varies in different specimens and in one 
the last two segments are entirely golden scaled. The venter is entirely 
clad with golden scales which become in a dry specimen more of a golden- 
brown. On one specimen there is a band of creamy scales on the hind 
femora beneath. 
Male .—Palpi clad with dark umber-brown scales and long hairs on the 
two last joints. They are longer than the proboscis by rather more than 
the length of the last joint. The ultimate joint is very short less than half 
the length of the penultimate; both joints are clad with long hairs. The 
proboscis is the same colour as the palpi. Antennae densely plumose the 
plumes being dark umber-brown in some light, lighter brown in others. 
The thorax is more ochraceous and not such a bright orange-red as in the 
female. The end of the abdomen is very hairy the fringe of hairs on the 
venter of the eight segment being remarkably long and dense. The fore and 
mid ungues are markedly unequal and the larger unguis bears a large tooth. 
Occuvvence .—Described from a large series taken in my own bungalow 
in Kuala Lumpur. 
Remarks .—Although in one or two minor points such as the colour of 
the thorax my types shew slight differences from the description in Theobald. 
I think there can be no doubt as to their identity. I have one specimen 
in which the whole thorax is dark brown shewing that this colour may vary 
but the majority of my specimens shew the bright orange thorax I have 
described. It is a fairly common mosquito in my bungalow and I have ; 
one specimen sent by Dr. Finlayson from Singapore. The male is not 
described in Theobald’s “Monograph.” 
Taeniorhyncus Ochraceous.— Theobald. 
Thorax golden-brown with brilliant metallic-golden scales. Proboscis, 
legs and abdomen light golden-brown with a patch of purple scales on the 
apices of femora and tibiae. 
