Genus Verrallina .. 
495 
Very similar, but stem of first fork-cell small nigricorpus. Theobald. 
Thorax dark brown to shiny black, with 
bronzy-brown scales; pleurae pale. Abdo¬ 
men with no spots ; base of wings pale . nigra. Theobald. 
Thorax blackish-brown, with two pale stripes 
on front of mesonotum, and with coppery- 
brown spindle shaped scales. Abdomen with 
basal lateral white spots... pembaensis. Theobald. 
Coquillett describes two species in this genus, but I do not 
think they belong here, namely, insolita and laternaria. 
Verrallina butleri. Theobald (1901). 
Aedes hutleri. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 230 (1901), and III., 295 (1903). 
Bindings, Perak, Selangor, Malay States. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Verrallina nigricorpus. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 231 (1901). 
Hacoatiara, Lower Amazon. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Verrallina nigra. Theobald (1901). 
Verrallina niger. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 237 (1901); III., 295 (1903). 
Old Calabar. 
Type in the British Museum 
Verrallina (?) pembaensis. Theobald (1901). 
Aedes pembaensis. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. Ill 235 (1901). 
Pemba Island, East Africa. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Coquillett refers to his two species in a table as follows :— 
Upper side of thorax black scaled ; the sides 
in front of the wings white scaled ...... insolita. Coquillett. 
Upper side of thorax wholly white scaled ... laternaria. Coquillett. 
Neither of them seem to come in this genus. 
