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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF AUSTRA- 

 LIAN CULICIDJi:. No. ii. 



By Frank H. Taylor, F.E.S. 



(Plates xxviii.-xxix.) 

 (From the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine^ Torvnsville. ) 



The present paper contains descriptions of five new species, 

 besides additional records for previously known species. The 

 new species are distributed in the following genera : — Stegomyia 

 (one), Neomacleaya (one), Culicada (one), and Culex (two). 



The males of Myzor'hynchus harhirostris var. hancrofti Giles, 

 and Culicelsa 2mhidis Taylor, are also described for the first 

 time. The type-specimens have been deposited in the Institute- 

 collection. 



Myzorhynchus barbirostris van d. Wulp, var. bancrofti Giles. 



(J. Similar to 9; ungues of forelegs unequal, the larger with a 

 tooth, of the mid and hind equal and simple. Antennse with 

 black plumes; palpi black, with a median pale band on the first 

 joint. Thorax, abdomen, wings, and legs similar to 9. Length, 

 6 mm. 



Hab. — Port Douglas, Queensland. 



This is the first time the male has been described. 



MuciDUs alternans (Westw.). 

 Theobald, Mon. Culicid., v., p.l25(l 910). 

 Hab. — Normanton, N. Queensland (F. H. Taylor). 

 This species was fairly common, during July, in the long grass 

 near waterholes. 



Stegomyia punctolateralis Theobald, 

 The Entomologist, Vol. xxxvi,, p. 156(1 903). 

 Hab. — Queensland : Eidsvold (Dr. Bancroft) ; Burketown, 

 Townsville(F. H. Taylor). 



