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Occurrence. —The commonest mosquito in the mangrove swamps. 
Larvae were found in brackish pools in the mangrove. 
Remarks. —The male is described here for the first time. It is easily 
recognised though not at all unlike Stegomyia fusca which is common in 
similar situations but from this it is at once distinguished by the scutellar 
scaling and in the male the short palpi. The scutellar bristles vary in 
number from four to six the latter is however the more usual number. 
Verrallina Virilis. n. sp. 
Head clad entirely with small flat scales with rounded ends purple- 
black with some paler ones at the sides and on the nape. Thorax light 
brown with narrow curved scales golden in front on the margin, black 
elsewhere. Legs unbanded clad with brown scales. Abdomen with 
lateral white spots. 
Male Head. —Blackish-brown ; a bare line in the centre, on the vertex 
a few pale golden narrow-curved scales, pale spatulate scales along the 
orbital margins and a very ill-defined area at the side clad with pale scales; 
the rest of the head covered thickly with purple-black spatulate scales with 
rounded ends and on the nape there are a few rows of dark upright forked 
scales and in certain lights some of the flat scales in this region are pale 
having a washed-out appearance. Basal joint of antenna light muddy- 
brown, without scales, second joint swollen and ridged on its inner face 
where a few dark scales are inserted, remaining joints white at the base, 
dusky-brown at the apex except the two last which are entirely dusky; 
plumes long silky-purplish-brown. Clypeus brown. Palpi slender, about 
twice as long as the clypeus and apparently composed of two (? three) 
joints; very lightly scaled with dark brown scales. Proboscis nearly as 
long as the abdomen, clad with dark purple-brown scales. 
Thorax. —Prothoracic lobes dusky-brown, apparently without scales 
but with a row of dark brown bristles. Mesonotum light brown, clad with 
j:narrow-curved scales which on the margin in front are golden but elsewhere 
black with pale brown ones interspersed; bristles dark purplish-brown. 
I Scutellum brown with a purple tinge clad with pale brown narrow-curved 
scales and with five dark brown bristles to the central lobe. Pleurae pale 
muddy-brown with patches of pale scales which in parts take the colour of 
their background, there are also rows of light yellowish bristles. Wings 
brown with dark brown scales spinose on anterior edge of costa large and 
spatulate on subcosta; second vein very distinct and ending near wing 
apex ; lateral scales only present on anterior edge of first vein, branches of 
first fork cell and scantily on third vein; fork cells of equal width, first 
longer and its base nearer wing base; median cross-vein longer than the 
posterior cross vein, distant from the latter by twice the length of posterior 
vein. Coxae muddy-white; fore coxae with dark brown scales in front; 
femora with dark brown scales above and silvery scales beneath and in the 
hind legs at the sides ; a ring of spines round apex of femora of fore leg and 
short spines on each femora ; tibiae spinose and with dark brown scales; 
metatarsi and tarsi with dark brown scales; fore and mid ungues unequal 
the larger unguis uni-serrate. Metanotum light brown, two black chaetae 
at the base. 
