1900.] 281 



the oedeagus furnishes distiuclive characters when the form of the 

 genital plates and last abdouiinal segment fail to do so. Dr. Melichar 

 (I. c.) says, " ^ genitnlien toie hei rosce;'' but whether this is an extension 

 of Kirschbaum's original statement, or the result of an examination 

 of the male genitalia of the white Typhlocyha which he finds on 

 white and grey poplars, does not appear. He quotes Anomia lactea, 

 Lath. (Cat. Hem. Nord., ed. ii, 74), and Typhlocyha lactea, Dougl. 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 77), as synonyms of candidula, Kbn. That 

 lactea, Leth., and lactea, Dougl., belong to the same species there can 

 be little doubt ; both were found on rosaceous plants, and M. Leth- 

 ierry was of opinion that they were identical. My good friend Mr. 

 Douglas, however, long since sent me some of the original specimens 

 of his lactea, and in these the armature of the oedeagus is similar 

 to that of T. rosce, L. T. lactea, Dougl., is, therefore, clearly not 

 the same as our poplar-frequenting species now under consideration, 

 which latter, it appears reasonable to assume, is the T. candidula of 

 Kirsi.'hbaum. 



Colesborne : September 26/h, 1900. 



NOTICE ON THE SYNONYMY OF ANOPSELES MACULIPENNIS, 



Meigen. 



BY BARON C. R. v. d. OSTEN SACKEN, Hon. F.E.S. 



The frequent occurrence in recent publications of the name 

 Anopheles claviger, Fab., as the earlier synonym for Anopheles macu- 

 lipennis, Meigen, hitherto accepted as the name o£ the malaria-bearer 

 in Italy and elsewhere, induces me to publish this notice. The origi- 

 nator of this change is Dr. E. Ficalbi in Messina, who, with praise- 

 worthy diligence, has investigated this intricate question of synonymy 

 in his two works, Revis. Syst. etc. delle Culicide Europee (1890, p. 81), 

 and Venti sp. di Zanzare etc. (1899, p. 89). A pardonable want of 

 experience made him overlook an important fact : that Culex (Anoph.) 

 claviger. Fab. (Syst. Antl., 1805, p. 35), has in reality never existed, 

 neither as a type-specimen, nor as a scientific concept of a species. 

 Fabricius says about his C. claviger : " 6. C. f uscus, alis albis, punctis 

 duobus fuscis. Syn., Culex claviger, Meigen, Dipt., 1, 4, 7, Tab. I, 

 f. 8. Habitat in pratis sylvaticis Dom. Meigen. Statura et magni- 

 tude prsecedentium. Thorax subliueatus." 



The statement of the hahitat is a literal translation of Meigen's : 

 " in einem sumpfigen Walde gefangen " (Meig. Klassif., 1804, p. 5), 

 and proves that Fabricius had no specimen of his own to refer to. 



