The Philippine journal of science. [Vol. 57, no. 1]

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The Philippine Journal of Science

1935

CULEX (MOCHTHOGENES) CHIYUTOI sp. nov.
Types.-Male (lot R33-xxz) and female (lot R33-xyz).
Cotypes.-Five males. Types and cotypes in the collection of
the Bureau of Health, Manila.
Type locality.-Kolambugan, Lanao Province, Mindanao.
Collector.-F. E. Baisas.
Date of collection.-March 28, 1934.
Habits. —Larva breeds in tree holes; habits of adults unknown.
Distribution.-Known only from the type locality.
Adult (male and female).-Head with vertex and nape covered with narrow, pale brown, flat, and upright, dark and
brown, forked scales; a patch of pale broad scales on sides to
border of eyes. Proboscis much longer than front femur; palpi
of both sexes about one-sixth the length of proboscis. Thorax
with integument of mesonotum dark brown; scales narrow,
brown; bristles numerous, strong, dark. Postnotum and pleura
dark brown. Wings dark-scaled. Abdominal tergites dark,
sternites a little paler. Legs mainly dark-scaled; hind femora
of female entirely white underneath, dorsal surface white also
from base to about middle of segment; undersides of all other
femora also pale. Hind femora of male not so extensively pale
dorsally as that of the female.
Male terminalia (see illustration).-Subapical lobe of coxite
with two curved leaves, one of which is like a boat; a narrow
curved blade and five smaller boatlike leaflets. Style simple.
Phallosome with lateral process having a number of teeth on
tergal border. No median process.
CULEX (MOCHTHOGENES) LAURELI sp. nov.
Type.-Male (lot R38-xx); in the collection of the Bureau
of Health, Manila.
Type locality.-Malaybalay, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao.
Collector.-F. E. Baisas.
Date of collection.-April 4, 1934.
Habits. —Larva breeds along the vegetated edges of rapidly
flowing streams; habits of adults unknown.
Distribution.-Known only from the type locality.
Adult (male).-Head with vertex and nape clothed with narrow, pale, flat, and upright, forked, dark scales. A line of pale,
broad, flat scales on border of eyes broadening at sides. Proboscis longer than front femur. Palpi less than one-sixth the length
of proboscis. Thorax with mesonotal integument and scales