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The reference collections of mosquito larvae near the 38th parallel which divides North and South Korea were carried out for the first time as a concern of the 5th Preventive Medicine Unit in 1979 and 1980. There are a number of open marshes and ground pools which have provided natural larval breeding sites since the Korean war of 1950. Light trap collections were carried out near Camp liberty Bell from 1975 to 1980. In 1975 adults of Aedes lineatopennis Ludlow were collected. With the intention of collecting larvae of Aedes lineatopennis, collections were performed in July 1979 and 1980. Nine larvae of Aedes alboscutellatus (Theobald), one of unconfirmed species, were collected and reared in laboratory. One female specimen with associated larval and pupal skins and one male with genitalia were furnished to the Smithsonian Institution for verification and permanent deposition. One female with associated larval and pupal skins and one male specimens were deposited in the 5th Preventive Medicine Unit reference collection. There are two previous records(Reisen et al., 1971 and Hong, 1978) of this species. Their reports are based on female collections only, without any male, larva or pupa which have the main taxonomic characters. In this paper the authors intend to give detailed descriptions accompanied by illustrations of adult, larva, pupa and male genitalia. The method of presentation, terminology and abbreviations used in the descriptions follow Reinert (1973)., Published in the Korean Journal of Parasitology, v21 n1 p111-117, June 1983.