of the apical half; lateral scales on the branches of fork cells linear except 
just at the apex where they are very slightly enlarged at the ends, thir 
vein with lateral scales of similar type; first fork cell longer and narrower 
than second, its stem about two-thirds its length, its base nearer wing base 
supernumerary and median cross veins almost m a line, posterior distant 
twice its length from median. Coxae light muddy-brown, fore and mid 
with scales and hairs. Femora scaled dark brown above silvery below 
with two rows of pale golden short spines; tibiae with dark brown scales 
metallic-purple in some lights with pale golden-brown spines very long on 
the hind legs ; metatarsi and tarsi scaled as the tibiae. Ungues on all the 
legs equal each with a small tooth, a most unusual condition, the hind 
ungues in nearly all mosquitoes being simple. 
Abdomen .—Clad with dark brown scales with purple reflections and 
broad white basal spots. Venter retracted. 
Occurrence .—Described from one female taken in jungle off the Gombak 
Road Kuala Lumpur. 
Remarks .—Possibly the female of V. Fragilis. 
Verrallina Fragilis. n. sp. 
Head clad with spatulate brown scales with metallic-bronze and purple 
reflections. Thorax dark brown. Palpi minute, clad with dark brown 
scales as is the proboscis. Legs with dark brown scales. Abdomen dark 
brown with lateral patches of silvery scales. 
Male Head .—Light brown clad with spatulate scales with rounded ends 
which are olive-brown with bronze-purple reflections, those at the sides 
appearing rather lighter, especially one small semi-circular patch close to 
the orbital margin; there are a few dark brown upright forked scales on 
b the nape. Orbital bristles olive-brown. Basal joint of antenna dark 
brown, apparently without scales or hairs, second joint slightly swollen and 
ridded with a very few small spatulate scales on its inner side, remaining 
joints banded brown and white. Plumes olive-brown silky. Clypeus dark 
I brown. Palpi three-jointed, last joint sub-ovate, as long as the first two 
joints together, clad with purole-brown scales. Proboscis not as long as 
the abdomen, clad with dark purple-brown scales. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes brown, with a row of dark brown bristles 
• and some spatulate silvery scales. Mesonotum brown clad with lines of 
narrow-curved scales which look dark brown in a poor light, light bronze-brown 
in a good light; bristles dark brown. Scutellum resembles the mesonotum 
in colour and scaling. Pleurae muddy-brown, clad with patches of silvery 
flat scales. Wings smoky, clad with brown scales, spmose on the anterior 
edge of costa, lateral scales for the most part linear but those on the first 
fork cell slightly broader at the apex than at their base; first fork cell 
rather longer than its stem and a little longer than the second though o 
the same breadth ; posterior cross vien about twice its length from median. 
Coxae light muddy-brown with flat silvery scales on the fore and mid , a 
the le^s clad with dark brown scales with bronze and purple reflections, 
the under sides of femora being clad with pale scales. Fore and mid 
ungues unequal, the larger ungues uni-serrate. 
