42 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XVII, 



Simiilium et Simulia, Audi. 



Alractocera, Mg., Klass. I, 94 (1804). 



Genotype, 5. reptans Mg., as designated by 

 Zetterstedt. Coquillett suggests columbaczensis 

 Schoub. {Culex id.), but reptans is most gener- 

 ally accepted. 



indicum Becher, Jour. Asiat. Sec. Beng. LIII, 199, 9 , pi. xiv, 



var. chars (1884). 



Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 286, notes and nsolvpe & described. 



Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 191, a* 9 , figs. 24, 25, var. chars. 



Simla, 24-iv-07 {.Annandale]; Darjiling, i2-viii-09 [Jenkins]; 

 Kursecnig, 10 — 26-ix-og [Lynch'\ ; Bamon and Thadier (3S00 ft.) ; 

 Tons Valley, N.W. Himalayas [C. W. Rogers]; Sylhet, 2-iii-o5, 

 i8-iv-05 [//a//] ; Bombay, 25-xi-09 (Meo<y/)£) ; Khasi Hills; Ukh- 

 rul. Manipur {Pcttigreu-]. 



Neolype & in Indian Museum. I^ocation of original type un- 

 known to present author, probably no particular specimen 

 selected as such from the series, all of which were females. 

 Specimens from Rotung taken on the Abor Exjiedition, xii- 

 191 1 and 6-i-i2 are probably this species. 



nobile de Meij.. Tijd. v. Ent. L, 206, & (1907). 



Semarang, iii \] acohson\ Type, a unique cr , in Amsterdam 

 Museum. 

 rufithorax Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 282, cf 2 (1911). 

 Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 187, a" 9 . 



Kanara, Bombay, viii-07 {type o») ; Karwar, Bombay, viii-07 ; 

 Kurseong, 10 — 26-ix-09 [Lynch] ; 7-ix-09 [type 9 ) [.Annandale]. 

 Type & in Pusa collection, type 9 in Indian Museum. 



griscscens Brun., Rec. Ind. ^lus. IV, 283, o^ (1911). 

 Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 188, o» . 



Kurseong, 10 — 26-ix-09 [Lynch]. Type in Indian Museum, 

 a imiquc specimen. 

 metatarsale Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 284, a< (metatarsalis) (1911). 

 Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 189, cf . 



Kurseong, 28-iii-io [.Annandale]. Type, a unique c , in In- 



dian Museum. 



griseifrons Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 285, 2 (1911). 

 /(/., Fauna Brit. Ind., 190, 9 . 



Kalighat, Kumaon (6000 ft.), 4-vi-io [Iinms]. Type, a 



unique 2 , in Indian Museum. 



rufibasis Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 285, 2 (191 1). 

 Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 190, 2 . 



Kurseong, i8-vi-io [.4 Hna?j(/a/e]. Type, a. unique 2 , in In- 



dian Museum. 



aureohirtum Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 287, c 2 (1911). 



Id., Fauna Brit. Ind., 194, c^ 2 : de Meij., Tijd. v. Ent. LVl, 



Umling, Assam, iii-07 (including type <f) ; Kanara, Bombaj'. 



