Genus Mansonia. 
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5. Thorax chestnut-brown in middle, 
paler at sides with golden-brown and 
silvery scales of the latter forming 
more or less 2 spots and occurring 
on each side of posterior half of 
thorax ..... uniformis. Theobald. 
6. Thorax with distinct ornamentation 
of 2 spots and paler lines .. africana. Theobald. 
Thorax silvery in middle, broad 
golden-brown scaled line each 
side, then pale creamy scales 
forming another broad lateral 
line, then more lateral golden- 
brown scales....... var. reversus. Theobald. 
7. Thorax dark brown, front § golden- 
brown scaled ..... amazonensis. Theobald. 
8. Thorax deep brown with 2 parallel 
pale lines and golden-brown curved 
scales, silvery in front of scutellum major. Theobald. 
9. Thorax very dark brown with dark 
brown scales forming irregular 
ornamentation; legs basal white 
bands. Very dark species; heart 
shaped scales on 6th vein; fork 
scales of head pale.. ..nigra. Theobald, n. sp. 
10. Similar to 9, but black cephalic fork 
scales; no heart shaped scales on 
the 6th vein .... nigerrima. n. sp. 
M. seguini, Laver an, is close to it, if not uniformis ; I cannot 
separate it from the description. M. arcibica, Giles, position 
doubtful. M. fascipes, Coquillett, position doubtful. 
Mansonia annulipes. Walker (1857). 
Culex annulipes. Walker (1857). 
Panoplites annulipes. Walker—Theobald (1901). 
Culex nero. Doleschall (1864). 
Culex dives. Schiner (1868). 
Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. I., 5 (1857), Walker; Reise der Novara, Dipt., 31 
(1868), Schiner; Nat. Tfjdsch. Ned. Ind. XIV., 383 (1864), Doleschall; 
Mono. Culicid. II., 185 (1901), Theobald; Gen. Ins. Culicid., 32 (1905), 
Theobald; Phil. Journ. Sci. I., 9 (1906), Banks. 
Singapore ; Batavia • Selangor, Dindings and Kuala Lumpur, 
Malay States. 
Additional locality. — Mindoro, Bio Baco, P. I. (B. C. 
McGregor) (in Banks). 
Type in the British Museum. 
