Culicidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands 



by 



Fred. V. Theobald. M.A.; F.E.S., etc. 



Wye (Kent). 



Three species of Mosquitoes were taken by the Expedition in New Caledonia and 

 the Loyalty Islands. 



A Single specimen damaged b)' being placed in spirit may possibly be new but 

 as far as I can see it so closely resembles Culex noctunuts Theobald, that I mention it 

 as a small dank variety of that species. The specimens were collected by Drs. Y . Sarasin 

 and J. Roux. 



Gen. Culex L. 



I. Culex jepsoni Theobald. 

 The Entomologist, Vol. XLIII, p. i88, 1910. 



New Caledonia: Oubatche; 21. IV. 1911, 27 $'s taken in house. 



They exactly agree with the specimens from Fiji that I have and from which 

 Island the species was originally described from a single V. The type I believe I gave 

 to the British Museum the paratypes are in m^' own collection. It can be told from the next 

 species by (i) having apical and basal leg banding, (11) no median lateral abdominal 

 spots and (iii) simple fore, and mid ungues. 



2. Culex nocturnus Theobald. 

 Mono-Culicidae, Vol. III, p. 159, Fig. 86, 1903. 



New Caledonia: Canala, 26. IT. 1912, 10 9. 



Loyalty-Islands : Ouvea, F'ayaoue, 16. V. 1912, 7 $. 



This species was described from several 2 's sent me from Fiji taken by Dr. Hall 

 at Ba. It was found in houses and active at night. I have not seen it since and M. Jepson, 

 Government Entomologist of Fiji had not come across it when he last wrote me. 



The marked pale basal banding with median lateral white spots, the basally 

 banded legs and widely banded proboscis make it a very marked species. 



The Canala specimens were smaller than those from the Loyalty Islands, but 

 agree in all structural features. 



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