Genus Aedes. 
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of flat yellow scales on each side, continuous with a narrow line 
of yellow scales round the eyes, then black flat scales again at 
the sides, a few brown upright forked ones near the neck; 
antennae dark brown, basal joint testaceous on one side, 
purplish-brown on the other, basal half of second joint testa¬ 
ceous ; palpi very short, almost black; proboscis black ; eyes 
black ; clypeus deep brown. 
f * 
Fig. 262. 
■Aedesfuscus, Osten-Sacken. 
a, Abdominal ornamentation of 9 ; b, palpus of d* ; c, ungues of ? ; d, basal 
joints of antennae in J 1 ; e, fore and bind ungues of cT ; f, head of ? ; 
g, head of cf. 
Thorax nearly black, clothed with deep bright golden-brown 
thin curved scales, paler near the scutellum; scutellum deep 
purplish-brown, testaceous at the sides, with pale golden curved 
scales and golden-brown bristles on the posterior border ; meta- 
Q 2 
