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proboscis and have evidently three or four joints instead of two as in t! 
male Aedes. The nearest relations amongst the mosquitoes in Malaya a 
without doubt Orthopodomyia and Finlaya both of which genera have ve 
close affinities. 
Aedeomyia Squammipenna (Vol. II.— Theobald). 
Aedes Squammipennis. —Arribalzaga. 
Mesonotum dark brown clad in front of the wings with creamy ai 
creamy-yellow scales and a dark eye-like patch of dark brown seal 
between wing and shoulder on either side. Wings with broad asymmetric 
scales brown and white. Legs mottled with numerous white rings ai 
spots, mid and hind legs with tufts of long scales at the apex of each femi 
Female Head. —Slate-black ; a tuft of long spatulate creamy scales ( 
the vertex between the eyes, behind this, and on the adjacent orbit 
margins are numerous loosely scattered creamy scales triangular in shap 
a line of similar scales runs back to the occiput; on either side is a pah 
of broad short spatulate scales some of which are slate-black in colo 
others are of a pale olive-brown, numerous upright scales cover the occip 
and spread forwards nearly as far as the vertex ; in front these are cream 
yellow, behind they are dark brown ; vertical and orbital bristles brow 
Antenna Moniliform, basal joint dark brown clad with small elliptic 
scales, second joint as long as any three succeeding joints densely scaled 
its middle third with blackish-brown scales, remaining joints blackis 
brown with dirty white rings at the insertion of the verticils ; verticilla 
hairs dark brown. Clypeus dark brown clad with two rows of whi 
spatulate scales in the centre. Palpi less than one-third the length of tl 
proboscis, heavily scaled with dark brown scales and white scales at tl 
apices. Proboscis with dark brown scales and three white rings, one 
the level of the apex of the palp, one about halfway and one at the ap< 
before the labellae. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes dark brown clad with white racquet-shap< 
scales. Mesonotum dark brown clad with scales which differ somewh 
in colour in different specimens. In a typical specimen the anterior portii 
(vide introductory remarks) is for the most part clad with creamy seal 
which in the centre are spindle-shaped, at the sides in front more racque 
shaped, and over the wings long and spatulate ; on either side is a larj 
spot composed of dark brown spindle-shaped scales ; the posterior half 
mesonotum is clad with more or less spindle-shaped creamy scales in tl 
centre, and mixed creamy and brown scales at the sides. In other spe( 
mens the broad central line of spindle-shaped scales is distinct honey-yello’ 
I he brown scales are so near the colour of the mesonotum that they a 
not easily seen, but with care in a good light there can be no doubt as 
their presence. Scutellum ochraceous, clad with broad racquet-shapi 
creamy scales on the central lobe and large dark brown scales with tru 
cated ends on the lateral lobes ; on the apex of the central lobe are inserh 
a few dark brown broad spatulate scales ; scutellar bristles dark brow 
Pleurae dark brown with patches of white racquet-shaped scales. Win; 
densely scaled with broad asymmetrical and numerous lanceolate seal 
dark brown, ochraceous, and white in colour. There are two white spe 
