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long vein with costa. The scales are for the most part piriform but a few 
are symmetrical; the fork cells are long, first longer and narrower than 
the second, its base nearer the wing apex, its stem about as long as the 
cell. Coxae deep brown, the fore coxae densely scaled with creamy-yellow 
scales; femora with dark brown scales above, creamy ones below and 
laterally, all the tibiae with two narrow creamy rings at the base 
separated by a narrow band of black, and a creamy-yellow ring at apex ; 
metatarsi and all tarsal joints of fore and mid legs with creamy basal band ; 
in the hind leg last three tarsi entirely creamy scaled. Ungues equal and 
simple on all the legs. 
Abdomen. —Purple-brown above with two creamy spots on each segment. 
Male .—With ochraceous plumes, the antennal joints being banded 
black and white and the joints from the second to fifth both inclusive, with 
numerous linear silky-white scales. Palpi four-jointed about three-fourths 
the length of the proboscis with the apices white scaled and two rings of 
creamy scales on each palpus. Abdomen with creamy basal bands as well 
as the two white patches on each segment. 
Occurrence .—Described from a large series bred from larvae taken from 
water in bamboos. 
Remarks .—Entirely sylvan and I believe a non-blood-sucker, this 
mosquito is not often seen though the larvae are common enough in jungle 
where bamboo is present. They have many points in common with Fin- 
laya and Aediomyia. I have therefore placed the genus at the end of this 
sub-family it is possible it should be placed with the Aediomyina. It is 
easily recognised as its characters are in some respects unique. 
Orthopodomyia Nigritarsis. var. 
The only difference between this mosquito and O. Albipes is the pre¬ 
sence of a black band near the apex on the second and the third tarsal 
joints of the hind leg whereas in Albipes the last three joints of the hind 
tarsus are clad entirely with snowy-white scales. The abdominal segments 
in the male of Albipes have all a very narrow basal white band and two 
white spots in the middle of each segment in the male of nigritarsis only 
the last four segments of the abdomen have bands and they are broader 
than those on the abdomen of albipes. The band at the apex of the male 
proboscis in Albipes is broader than that in Nigritarsis. These specimens 
were found with the larvae of the previous species in a hollow in a tree on 
a small island Pangkor Laut, by Dr. Daniels, but careful examination 
revealed no difference between the larva and that of O. Albipes. 
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