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five white bands more or less complete and the apex white ; 
metatarsi ringed in the middle, bases of the first and second 
tarsal joints white, third and fourth slightly paler, unbanded ; 
femora of the mid legs with a complete white ring near the apex 
and bars as in the fore pair, apex pure white ; tibiae with three 
distinct rings and other white patches beneath, not forming 
complete rings, apex faintly white ; metatarsi banded in the 
middle; tarsi as in the fore leg ; hind femora with a white ring 
near the apex and five white bars on the outside, indistinct on 
the inside; tibiae with two indistinct and two distinct whit e 
bands, metatarsi white at the base and in the middle, all the 
tarsal joints basally white ringed ; ungues equal and simple, 
rather straight. 
Wings with the posterior border without the large scales 
seen in P. annulifera (Fig. 241). Halteres with pale stems and 
large dusky knobs. 
Length.- —3-8 to 4*5 mm. ( 9 )• 
Habitat. — Selangor, Straits Settlements (A. L. Butler) 
(28. 10. 1899); Singapore (Walker); Batavia (Schiner). 
Time of capture. —At Selangor, in September. 
Observations. —This is a very common mosquito in the Straits 
Settlements, and is found chiefly in the jungles. It can easily be 
told by its dark colour, almost black to the naked eye, its spotted 
thorax and banded legs, which are very long, especially the hind 
pair. It can thus at once be separated from P. annulifera , 
with which it seems to have been confused. 
Synonyms. —I think Schiner’s species ( G. dives), described from 
Batavia, is this insect. Doleschall in “ Natuurkundig. Tijdsch. 
voor Neder. Indie,” xiv. p. 383) describes a species under the 
name C. nero , which occurs in Middle Java, at Gombong. The 
description applies to this species, but as it is recorded as being 
“ very numerous in dwelling houses and extremely troublesome ” 
in Java, there is some doubt as to its being synonymous with 
annulipes , as the latter seems to be a jungle species in the Malay 
Peninsula. 
The following is Doleschall’s description of C. nero : — 
“ Black, with the eyes metallic green, wings with the veins black 
piloso-squamose. black along the anterior margin; legs bare, black, with 
white spotted joints. Length, 1 \ lines. 
“Black, with the eyes dark green. The antennae longer than the 
head and thorax in the cf, thickly clothed with feathery hairs, the last 
joint out-turned. The proboscis rather long; palpi curved upwards and 
