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abdomen as well as basal, and traces of creamy scales in the 
middle of the segments forming more or less a median line ; one 
has creamy scales dotted irregularly over the basal segments. 
These come in variety Bancroft (Theobald). They were 
taken at the same time and locality as the typical specimens. 
Regarding this species in Australia, Dr. Bancroft writes as 
follows :—‘‘ So far as observed, 9’s alone bite, diurnal in habits ; 
breeds in water-butts, etc., near dwellings in Brisbane ; the eggs 
are not laid in one mass, but singly on water in chains, with an 
interval between each egg of a quarter of an inch or more. It 
will live in confinement for two months or thereabouts.” 
Specimens sent by Dr. Hanley from Nigeria were of the 
variety Queenslandensis, both ¢’s and 9’s being very white. 
They were captured in July and August. ~ 
Both varieties Luciensis and Queenslandensis occur in the 
Seychelles ; the former has the abdomen like the latter, but the 
black apical band to the hind tarsi most distinct. Luciensis also 
occurs in Trinidad. , 
Some Fijian specimens sent were taken in April, May and 
June. 
STEGOMYIA SCUTELLARIS. Walker. 
(Mono. Culicid. I., p. 298, 1901.) 
Additional localities—Penang (Dr. Freer); Perak (Dr. 
Wright); Victoria, Seychelles (Dr. R. Denman); Shaohyling, 
China (Cornford) ; Canara district, Goa, India (KE. H. Aitken) ; 
Christmas Island (Dr. Durham) ; British New Guinea. 
Notes.—Mr. B. G. Corney writes from Fiji regarding this 
species as follows :—‘‘ Diurnal mosquito, disappearing entirely at 
night ; taken in a wooden hut five yards from high-water line of 
sea coast, on sandy soil, forest adjoining and high land ; locality, 
Island of Bega.” The pleurae have the silvery-white scales 
arranged in three lines, more or less parallel.- 
The Penang specimens were taken in the Leper Hospital at 
Putan Jerejah. Mr. Aitken records it biting during the day in 
the Canara district. 
The larva.—Mr. Aitken reared this species in Bombay, and 
says: “There is little difference between the two larvae in form 
or habits, in both of which they differ from Culex proper. The 
antennae are short and straight, the head not so broad as the 
thorax, and the breathing tube short and stout. Their position 
