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lost; the same applies to the fourth vein and branches; there is a 
double row of median on the third right to the apex. First fork cell much 
longer than second its base nearer base of wing, two cells of about equal 
width, stem of first cell very short, not a quarter the length of the cell. 
Median and supernumerary cross veins meet at an angle, posterior cross 
vein about twice its length from median. Coxae white, femora pale scaled 
beneath, above and laterally, except at the base of the hind femora, scaled 
with dark purple-brown scales. Tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi clad with 
purple-brown scales. There is no banding. Ungues small equal and 
simple on all legs. Metanotum muddy-brown. 
Abdomen .—Dorsally clad with scales which appear almost black unless 
the light is good, when they shew dark brown or purple-bronze. 
The male is generally lighter coloured than the female, the wing is 
more lightly clad and the fork cells are shorter. There are two golden- 
brown vertical bristles on the head which are absent in the female. The 
antennae are more definitely banded and are plumose, the plumes being 
dark brown though in a strong light they look paler and the colour is not 
well seen. The male fore and mid ungues are unequal but simple, the 
hind equal and simple. Palpi very short. 
Occurrence .—All the specimens were bred from larvae taken in a pond 
in Kuala Lumpur. I have never taken this mosquito in a house. 
Remarks .—A true Aedes with typical scaling and male palpi. The wing 
in length of fork cells resembles culex but the scales are rather that of 
Melanoconion. I do not know whether this mosquito bites or not. 
Genus 4.— Aioretomyia, — nov. gen. 
Head clothed with a central line of crescentic scales and outside 
this more or less racquet-shaped scales compactly laid while behind on the 
nape are a few rows of upright scales. Thorax and scutellum with 
crescentic scales. Female palpi three-jointed. Male genitalia complex. 
Remarks .—This genus resembles Verrallina except in having crescentic 
scales on the head. It also closely resembles Howardina now placed in 
the sub-family Culicinae though formerly in this sub-family. There are 
four Malayan species all apparently new. 
Aioretomyia Varietas. n. sp. 
Of median size. Proboscis rather long about as long as the abdomen. 
Palpi less than a quarter the length of proboscis, three-jointed. Head 
with spatulate scales and a few pale flaxen narrow-curved scales on the orbital 
margin on either side and a few on the nape with some dark upright forked 
scales. In a fresh specimen not long hatched the thorax is light yellowish- 
brown but in older specimens it is reddish-brown with three lines of dark 
brown scales. Abdomen dark brown scaled, with large basal triangular 
•creamy patches, venter with ochraceous scales having a metallic lustre; 
f legs dark brown ; fore and mid ungues uni-serrate in the female. 
Female Head .—Dark brown, a line of narrow-curved pale golden scales 
runs down the centre and broadens out over the nape into a triangular patch, 
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