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its stem scarcely half the length of the cell ; posterior cross vein rather 
more than its own length from median. Coxae dark brown but not so dark 
as the pleura with silvery scales; hind femora with silvery scales except 
along the upper surface and the lateral surfaces of the apical fourth; the 
whole of the fore and mid legs and the rest of the hind legs clad with dark 
bronze-purple scales ; ungues equal and simple. Metanotum dark brown, 
vith a tuft of about 18 bristles close to its junction with the abdomen. 
These are inserted in two rows one on either side of the middle and these 
rows run in a vertical direction the bristles in each curving outwards away 
from the middle line. 3 
Abdomen.—'Long and slender. Clad with metallic-purple scales and 
large silvery lateral spots at the base of each segment. 
Male.— The male is in all respects, except of course the genitalia, simi¬ 
lar to the female. The same little wedge-shaped patch of white scales is 
seen on the vertex the same patch on the upper half of the prothoracic lobe. 
Unlike most mosquitoes the wings are identical instead of following the 
usual rule in the males of having shorter fork cells and fewer scales. ^The 
antenna; are pilose and do not differ in any way from the female; indeed, 
except for the difference of the genitalia and the presence of the tooth of one 
of the ungues of the fore leg one would not know the specimen was a male. 
Perhaps the \ erticils are a trifle longer than in the female. The basal pieces 
of the claspers is large, short and very round; and is clad with numerous 
long ochraceous hair but no scales. Unfortunately the structure of the 
genitalia cannot be determined. 
Occurrence. —Described from two females and one male taken in jungle 
about six miles from Kuala Lumpur. 
Remarks.—It is quite a distinct species and though the proboscis is not 
as long as the whole body it is distinctly longer than that of any Wyeomyia 
and the wing scales are broader and clavate so that it corresponds closely 
to the types of this genus in Theobald’s “ Monograph.” 
Genus 3. —Dendromyia. — Theobald. 
Male and female antennas pilose. Proboscis of normal length. Head 
clothed with large spatulate and racquet-shaped scales. Mesonotum with 
fusiform and spatulate scales. Scutellum with spatulate scales. Metano¬ 
tum with chaetae only. Wings with broad clavate scales often with 
obliquely truncated ends. Colours metallic. Wings have long fork cells 
and are as heavily clad in the male as in the female. 
. Remarks. —Three Malayan species of this genus are known. They are 
easily told by their broad wing scales and short proboscis. Some of the 
members of this genus are very common at high elevations. They are all 
metallic coloured species and all vicious biters. 
Dendromyia Communis, n. sp. 
Thorax black, densely clad with fusiform and spatulate metallic scales 
dark bronze-green or bronze-purple in colour. Prothoracic lobes with 
silvery scales in front, purple behind. Purple scales on the head with a 
white spot on the vertex and white lateral patches. Coxae and bases of 
femora creamy with a brownish tinge. Abdomen with basal lateral spots. 
