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boina; Celebes; Mauritius; Formosa; Fiji; Japan; Madras; Central Pro¬ 
vinces India; Naini Tal; Ceylon and probably over most of Asia. 
3. Stegomyia W-alba n. sp. 
Thorax rich brown with a white W-shaped area in front, a prolon¬ 
gation of this on each side bends round before the wing, enclosing an 
isolated brown patch on each side ; scutellum white. Head white with a 
black patch on each side. Abdomen black with narrow basal white bands 
and large white laterals pots. Legs with metatarsi and tarsi with basal 
■ / - V 
Fig. 4. Stegomyia W-alba n. sp. — A thoracic ornamentation of Ç ; B cephalic 
ornamentation ; C fore (I), mid (II) and hind (HI) femora of Ç . 
white bands, except the last two tarsi ; mid femora with a prominent 
white median spot ; hind femora with basal two-thirds creamy, apex 
silvery. 
Ç . Head (Fig. 4 B.) clothed with flat silvery-white scales in the 
middle, a large black patch on each side, with a small white spot near 
the eye on each and white scales again at the sides and to some extent 
a narrow white border round the eyes, a tuft of white scales projecting 
between them, a few dusky upright forked scales on the nape and black 
bristles projecting over the eyes. Palpi black; apical half snowy white; 
proboscis rather short, deep brown; antennæ brown, basal joint with 
white scales. 
Thorax (Fig. 4 A.) dark brown ornamented with rich chestnut-brown 
