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Female Head .—Bright golden-brown, with metallic-golden narrow- 
urved scales above, and a small patch on either side of golden spatulate 
sales; numerous light golden-brown upright scales over the whole upper 
urface of head. Basal joint of antenna light golden-brown, base of second 
Dint golden-brown, apex of this and the whole of remaining joints, black 
nth dark brown verticillate hairs. Clypeus golden-brown. Palpi with 
olden-brown scales and some black ones at the base and apex. Proboscis 
olden-brown with black labellae. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes golden-brown with golden-brown bristles. 
.Iesonotum golden-brown with lines of deep metallic-golden scales. Scutel- 
m similar in colour and scaling to mesonotum; central bristles, five long 
nd one short. Pleurae golden-brown with two small dark brown spots 
nd a patch of rather long spatulate scales which are white but look yellowish 
ieing coloured by their background. Wings golden-brown clad with 
>aler golden scales which on some of the veins are lanceolate but on the 
.nterior veins are clavate with obliquely truncated ends; fork cells 
noderately long, the first longer but no narrower than the second, its base 
.bout level with the second, its stem less than half the length of the cell; 
xDsterior cross-vein distant a trifle more than its own length from the 
nedian. Coxae and femora golden-brown with a sprinkling of black scales 
,n the anterior face of the femora most numerous on the mid femora. 
The hind femora also shew a ring of black scales immediately before their 
ipex; tibiae of fore and mid legs with black scales predominating; hind 
ibiae golden-brown with a broad black band at the apex of each; fore 
arsi mostly black scaled, mid and hind with black and yellow scales. 
Jngues large but equal and simple. Empodium well developed. 
Abdomen .—Clad with golden scales at the bases of the segments and 
larker golden-brown scales at the apices. 
Male ,—Palpi longer than the proboscis by the length of about half the 
ast joint; two last joints about equal in length; the ultimate joint is dark 
Drown and clad with a very few 7 dark brown scales and numerous long 
lark brown hairs; the penultimate joint is dark brown at the apex but 
Daler yellowish-brown at its base, it is thinly covered with dark brown 
scales and a dense tuft of golden-brown hairs is inserted at its base and at 
:he apex and between these are dark brown hairs; the antepenultimate 
oint is bright golden-yellow w T ith golden-yellow scales except at its extreme 
ipex w r here it is dark browm and bears a few 7 dark brown scales and a dense tuft 
Df long golden-brown hairs. The antennal joints arelight purple and the plumes 
ire golden at their base and darker browm at the apices of the hairs. The 
proboscis is very long enlarged at the end and shews a ridge as though it 
were jointed. The labellae are black. The claspers are dark brown of a 
very peculiar shape. The basal half is slightly curved and in transverse 
section roughly circular, where the apical half joins it there is a distinct knee 
or sharp angle and the apical half is much thicker and on each of its surfaces 
shews a longitudinal ridge which ends in.the triangular apex. Fore and 
mid ungues markedly unequal the larger with one tooth. 
Occurrence .—Described from specimens taken in my own bungalow and 
one taken by Dr. Milne in his bungalow T at Kuala Lumpur. 
Remarks .—There is no other Malayan species this could be mistaken for. 
It is the most entirely yellow mosquito of any I know and should be easily 
