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rats : — Xenopsylla {Loemopsylla) cheopis, Clenopsylla musculi, Cerato- 

 phylbis fasciatvs, and Ctenocephaliis felis. Contrary to previous 

 experience, X. cheopis was less abundant than C. musculi. 



Ferguson (E. W.). Notes on Mosquitoes. — RepL Director-General of 

 Public Health, New South Wales, for the Year ended 31st December 

 1914, Sydney, 1916, pp. 203-205. [Received 4th October 1916.] 



The following species of mosquitos were collected from the localities 

 of Sydney and Milson Island : — 



Anophelinae : — Anoptheles (Nyssorrhynchus) anmdipes, Walk., 

 found breeding in water-holes fringed with vegetation and A. {Pyreto- 

 phorus) atratipes, Skuse. Culicinae : — Stegomyia atripes, Skuse ; 

 Pseudoshusea basalis, Taylor ; Pseudoskusea sp. ; Ochlerotatus 

 {Sciitomyia) nofoscripta, Skuse, breeding in water near houses and 

 attacking man ; 0. [Grabhamia) theobaldi, Taylor, found in the bush 

 and attacking man ; Grabhamia sp. ; Culex fatigans, Wied., abundant 

 between October and April, breeding in collections of water around 

 buildings ; C. tigripes, Grp. ; C. frenchi, Theo. ; Ochlerotatus (C.) 

 uustralis, Er. ; 0. (C.) sagax, Skuse (?), common in belts of timber 

 bordering the blacksoil plains ; 0. (C.) nibritho}-ax, Macq., found only 

 in the bush ; 0. (C) occidentalis, Skuse, breeding in wells together with 

 Culicada cwnpstoni and 0. (C.) milsoni ; 0. [Culicelsa) alboannidatus, 

 Macq., breeding in gulhes in April, August and September, also 

 in tins near houses in April and May ; 0. (C.) vigilax, appearing in 

 October and becoming abundant by the end of the year, attacking 

 man at dusk ; Culex sitiens, Wied. {Culicelsa annidirostris, Skuse), 

 found in December and March, biting at dusk ; 0. {Culicada) milsoni, 

 Taylor, found only at Milson Island, where it was comparatively 

 common throughout the summer and bred in collections of w^ater 

 around buildings and in wells ; C. cumpstoni, Taylor, var. ; C. vie- 

 toriensis, Taylor (?), bred from a pool during December ; C. annuUpes, 

 Taylor ; C. inornata, Strickland ; C.fergusoni, Taylor ; Coenocephalus 

 concolor, Taylor, breeding in rock pools in December. 



Ferguson (E. W.). Notes on Tabanidae. — Rept. Director-General of 

 Public Health, New South Wales, for the Year ended 31st December 

 1914, Sydmy, 1916, pp. 205-206. [Received 4th October 1916.] 



The following Tabanids are recorded from Sydney, the Hawkesbury 

 River, Townsville or Cape York : — 



Pangoninae : Pangonia clavata, Macq. ; Erephopsis jacTcsoni, 

 Macq. ; Diatomineura minima, Ric. ; D. inftata, Ric. ; D. brevirostris, 

 Macq. ; D. auriflua, Donovan ; Corizoneura chrysophila, Walk. ; 

 Demoplatus australis, Ric. ; D. trichocerus, Macq. ; Ectenopsis vul- 

 pecula, Wied. ; Silvius australis, Ric. Tadaninae : Tabanus vetustus, 

 Walk. ; T. cinerascens, Macl. ; T. taylori, Aust. ; T. pseudo-ardens, 

 Taylor ; T. nigritarsis, Taylor ; T. sanguinarius, Bigot ; T. regis- 

 georgii, Macq., not uncommon on cattle and horses and known to attack 

 man ; T. oculatus, Ric, taken on a horse ; T. circumdatus, Walk., 

 common in the bush about Sydney. 



