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margin is a broad line of tawny narrow scales ; a band of similar scales 
runs down the centre of the anterior half and on the posterior half a line o 
tawny scales runs forwards from either lateral lobe of the scutellum anc 
ends opposite the point where the anterior central line terminates; the resi 
of the mesonotum is clad with black narrow scales and numerous long dart 
brown bristles. Scutellum ochraceous, each lobe clad with a patch o 
small spatulate scales; scutellar bristles black. Pleurae ochraceous witj 
dark brown patches. Wings clad with the typical fusiform lateral anc 
spatulate median scales. Coxae pale ochraceous. Legs clad with deep 
purple-brown scales with bronzy reflections. 
Abdomen .—Covered with deep purple-brown scales. 
Male .—Central lines on the head much more distinct than in the female 
Basal joint of antenna prolonged into a conical point on its inner aspect, 
remaining joints dingy-white with a black ring in the centre of each where 
the verticillate hairs are inserted; verticillate hairs long and dark browr 
with a purple tinge. Mid ungues markedly unequal the larger unguis mucl 
curved but simple. Abdomen with broad basal bands of a tawny colour. 
Occurrence .—Described from a series bred from larvae from a smal' 
pool at Sungei Limbing taken by Dr. Daniels. 
Remarks .—Although the male shews some points of difference from the 
female, notably the broad abdominal bands, there can be little doubt it is 
the male of this species. They were bred from the same batch of larva 
and the peculiar thoracic ornamentation is similar in male and female. Ii 
is a very dull-coloured and small mosquito but a typical Uranotaenia anc 
easily distinguished from all the other Malayan species by the thoracic 
ornamentation. 
Genus 9 — Ficalbia. , 
“ Head clothed entirely with racquet-shaped scales with a few shorti 
upright forked ones behind; palpi very short, twb-jointed; proboscis 
rather long, enlarged apically. Thorax with narrow-curved scales, no flai 
ones as seen in Uranotaenia; scutellum covered with racquet-shaped scales 
as in the latter genus. Wings with fork cells moderately short; the first 
sub-marginal longer than the second posterior; median wing scales broac 
and spatulate ; upper border of costa with spine-like scales ; ungues of male 
unequal and simple. 
“ This genus is sparated from Aedes and Verrallina, on account of the 
complete flat scaled structure of the head and scutellum and from 
Uranotaenia on account of the more normal fork cells and complete absence 
of flat scales on the mesonotum.” 
Remarks .—I have only one species that I can place in this genus. It 
answers to most of the characters of the genus. The male genitalia are 
very remarkable. 
Ficalbia Longirostris. n. sp. 
Head clad with purple-bronze racquet-shaped scales. Thorax brown, 
with bronzy narrow-curved scales. Scutellum with flat spatulate dark 
brown scales. Legs and abdomen dark brown. 
