488 A Monograph of Culicidae . 
Genus SKUSEA. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Cuboid. III., 291 (1903); IV., 542 (1907), Theobald. 
Seven species have now been described in this genus as 
follows:— 
Abdomen with basal black, median white and 
apical brown bands ; ungues (?) simple ... funerea. Theobald. 
Abdomen with median white fascia only; 
ungues ( ? ) fore and mid legs uniserrate ... mediofasciata. Theobald. 
Abdomen black with more or less pronounced 
lateral grey spots ( 6 )... pseudomediofasciata. n.sp. 
Abdomen with basal white bands . culiciformis. Theobald. 
Abdomen with small nearly basal lateral white 
spots. Thorax dark brown . diurna. Theobald. 
Abdominal spots basal and thorax bright reddish- 
brown ... pseudodiurna. Theobald. 
Abdomen uniformly brown; ocbreous below. 
Thorax and legs uniform rich brown. uniformis. Theobald. 
Skusea funerea. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 292 (1903), Theobald; Anns. Queensland Museum, 
No. 8, 55 (1908), Bancroft. 
Queensland ; New Guinea. 
Dr. Bancroft says “ this small black mosquito is found biting 
in Mrs. Bell's scrub at Deception Bay; present throughout the 
year but always rather uncommon ; it oviposits in confinement 
and the eggs are laid separately; they are very long, narrow 
oval in shape, black with a pattern.'’ 
Type in the British Museum. 
Var. ornata. Theobald (1905). 
Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. III., 79 (1905); Mono. Culicid. IV., 542 (1907), 
Theobald. 
New Guinea, Sattelberg, Huon Gulf and Friedrich-Wilhelms- 
hafen. 
Type in the National Museum, Budapest. 
Skusea mediofasciata. Theobald (1907). 
Mono. Culicid. IV., 544 (1907). 
India. 
Type in the British Museum. 
