BY FRANK H. TAYLOR. 835 



Hab — Q.: Cairns, Innisfail (F. H. Taylor).— Papua (F. P. 

 Dodd). 



This common mosquito enjoys a wide distribution^ being found 

 from Java through Papua and Torres Straits to Victoria. 



CuLEX CONCOLOR Desvoidy. 



Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, iv., p.405 (1825); Edwards, 

 Bull. Enb. Res., ii., p.262 (1911). 



Hab.-Q: Innisfail (F. H. Taylor). 



A short series, bred from larvae, have been compared with 

 specimens from other Australian localities, and also with speci- 

 mens of G. concolor, C. tigri2:)es, C. consiniilis, and the form de- 

 scribed as C. tiginpes var. Jusca, which have been received from 

 the Imperial Bureau of Entomology; and there is absolutely no 

 doubt, as Edwards states, that the Australian form belongs to 

 6'. concolor. 



All references dealing with C. tigrvpes, as from Australia, 

 should, therefore, refer to C. concolor^ and G. tigripes should be 

 expunged from the Australian list. 



CULEX BITiENIORHYNCHUS GileS. 



Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, xiii., p.607 (1901); Edwards, 

 Bull. Ent. Res., iv., p. 231 (1913). G. ahdomhialis Taylor, Rep. 

 Aust. Inst. Trop. Med., 1911, p.53 (1913). 



Edwards gives several synonyms of G. bitcKniorhyiichiis Giles, 

 in his paper, and mentions Guliceha abdominalis Taylor, also as 

 a possible synonym. 



I have compared specimens of my species with six specimens 

 of C. bitamiorhyiichus Giles, from Hong Kong, and can see no 

 valid reason for treating them as a distinct species, thus con- 

 firming the opinion held by Edwards. 



CuLE}^ viSHNUi Theobald. 



Mon. (JuHcid , i., p.355 (1901) (9 only); Edwards, Bull. Ent. 

 Res., iv., p. 233 (1913). G. parvus Taylor, Bull. N. Territory, la, 

 p.27 (1912). 



Edwards included G. jmrvus Taylor, as a probable synonym of 

 G. vishiiui, when dealing with its synonymy in his paper. I 



