Genus Desvoidya. 
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Genus DESVOIDYA. Blanchard (1901) nov. nom. 
Armigeres. Theobald (non Armiger Hartman). 
There are five species in this genus which occurs in Ceylon, 
India, Malay States, E. Indies, China, Japan, and Philippine 
Islands. 
The species tabulate as follows :— 
A. Abdomen unbanded. 
a. Thorax uniformly brown, pale at the sides. 
j8. Apical palpal segment of & 
slightly longer than penulti¬ 
mate obturhans . Walker. 
j3y8. Scutellum of <J and ? all dark 
scaled; apical palpal segment 
of £ not as long as the penulti¬ 
mate . fusca. Theobald. 
aa. Thorax elaborately adorned. 
13/313. Last two segments of £ palpi of 
equal length ...... panalectoros. Giles. 
aaa. Thorax with a short median white line 
running from the scutellum to level 
of wing roots..... joloensis. Ludlow. 
AA. Abdomen with apical yellow bands... apicalis. Theobald.. 
Desvoidya obtgrbans. Walker (1860). 
Culex obturhans. Walker (1860). 
Culex ventralis. Walker (1865). 
Armigeres obturhans. Theobald (1901). 
Armigeres ventralis. Giles (1902). 
Desvoidea obturhans. Theobald (1903). 
Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. IV., 91 (1860), Walker; Mono. Culicid. I., 323^ 
(1901); III., 138 (1903); IV., 163 (1907), Theobald; Philip. Journ. 
Science, I., 9, 983 (1906), Banks; Bee. Ind. Mus., II., pt. iii., No. 30, 
293 (1908), Theobald. 
Amjboyna, Celebes, Waigiou, Mysol, North Ceram, India, 
Federated Malay States, Formosa, China, Philippine Islands. 
Additional localities .—Sylhet (Major Hall) and Lushai Hills 
(E. C. Macleod), Assam ; Madulsima, Ceylon, 1 9 > 26. ix. 07 
(E. Green); West Lake, Hangchow, China, 1 $, 28. viii. 07 
(C. E. Cornford), in Brit. Mus. ; Samarang, Java, 5 9’s, 4 £ ’s, 
i. ii. and iii. 04 and viii. 05 (Jacobson), in Amsterdam Museum ; 
Waria Biver, British New Guinea (Dr. B. Fleming Jones) 
(British Museum); Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5000 ft., 5. vii. 08 
(N. A.) ; Sukna, E. Himalayas, 5 > 00 ft., 1. viii. 08 (N. A.), in 
