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out reference to works on the subject, whereas it might surely be 

 anticipated that he would recognise a species first determined as 

 new by himself. 



In the circumstances it seemed advisable to let the name 

 funesta stand in the paper with this note, indicating the doubts, 

 rather than to alter the naming, seeing that in the present confused 

 condition of the subject of Anophelina it might be within range 

 of possibility that pitchf ordi might later on rant as a variety of 

 funesta or other species. 



PART I — Introduction. 



Fifteen species of the sub-family Anophelina have, to the 

 present, been found in the tenntory of the Colony of Natal. 

 These, grouped according to genera defined by Theobald in 

 ' A Monograph of the Culicidge of the World/ are as follows : 



Genus. 

 M y z o ni y i a 



Pyretophorus 



Species, 

 funesta Giles* 

 rhodesiensis Theobald. 

 costalis Loeiv.* 

 cinereus Theobald.* 

 pitchfordi Power} 

 s u p e r p i c t u s Grassi . 

 ardensis Power.*" 

 marsh alii Theobald.* 

 maculipalpis Giles. 

 pretoriensis Theobald.* 

 squamosa Theobald.* 

 jacobi. New species.'^ ■' 

 paludis Theobald.* 

 m a u r i t i a n u s Gran dpre.* 

 natalensis. New species. ■^■' 



Those marked with an asterisk are represented in our collec- 

 tion, in many cases by a considerable number of specimens. 

 The species called jacobi and natalensis respectively 



* First recognised by Mr. H. S. Power, and described by CoL Giles in his 

 revision of ' Gnats and Mosquitoes,' 1905. 



- First recognised by Mr. H. S. Power, of Natal ; examined by Theobald. 

 ^ Named by the authors of this paper. 



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