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Hardy (G. H.). Notes on Tasmania Diptera and Descriptions of New 



Species.— Papers & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania for the Year 1916, 

 Hobart, 19th February 1917, pp. 267-272. 

 Tabanus wijnyardensis, sp. n., is described in this paper. 



Taylor (F. H.). Contributions to a Knowledge of the Australian Culi- 

 cidae, no. S.—Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales for the Year 



1916, Sydney, xli, no. 163, part 3, pp. 564-574. [Received 

 8th March 1917.] 



The following new species are described i^Stegomyia daliensis, 

 sp. n., Leucomyia vicina, sp. n., and Lophoceratomyia annulata, sp. n., 

 from the Northern Territory, and Hulecoeteomyia milsoni, sp. n., and 

 Culicada hybrida, sp. n., from Milson Island. 



Notes on the synonomy and additional records of previously known 

 species are also given. 



The male of S. tasmanieyisis, Str., and the female of Danielsia 

 mimifa, Tayl, are described for the first time. 



Hill (G. F.). Report on Some Culieidae of the Northern Territory.— 



Bull. NortJiern Territory Australia, Melbourne, no. 17, January 



1917, 8 pp., 16 plates, 1 map. 



This paper gives a list of 26 species of mosquitos collected by the 

 author in the Northern Territory. This list corresponds with that given 

 by F. H. Taylor [see this Review, Ser. B, iv, p. 11] with the exception 

 of Mucidus alternans, Westw., previously recorded by Taylor [see 

 this Review, Ser. B, i, p. 11] and Lophoceralomijia annulata, Tayl, 

 of which little is known, Leucomyia vicina, Tayl, which does not 

 appear to be a biting species, and Stegomyia daliensis, Tayl, of which 

 at present a unique specimen only has been taken. 



Of the mosquitos which bite equally by day or by night the following 

 are the most important :—^wop/i6/es {Myzorhynclms) barbirostris 

 var. bancrofti, Giles, an exceedingly plentiful and very troublesome 

 mosquito in certain localities. A. (Nyssorhynchus) annulipes. Walk., 

 a widely distributed species, somewhat scarce near the littoral and 

 fairly abundant in certain inland locahties. Adults of this species 

 are never numerous in Darwin, in spite of the fact that larvae are not 

 uncommon, owing, it is believed, to the depredations of predaceous 

 insects. This may account for the fact that malaria has seldom, if 

 ever, arisen de novo amongst residents in Dar\vin. Cukx sitiens, 

 Wied., also an extremely plentiful and troublesome species, may be 

 successfully repelled by the use of citronella oil. Ochhrotatus {Culi- 

 celsa) vigilax, Skuse, which is one of the most plentiful species near 

 the sea-coast and on the adjacent islands, breeds chiefly in sea-water 

 pools left by spring tides, but also in fresh water at the head of tidal 

 streams and in hollows in mangrove trunks. It remains near its breed- 

 ing place by day, but may travel a mile or more by night. The 

 nature and extent of the breeding places precludes the effective use 

 of larvicides as a control measure, and for the sole object of reducing 

 mosquitos the cost of drainage or reclamation would be too great to be 

 considered. A mixture of 5 parts citronella oil, 2 parts olive oil and 

 2 parts creosote is the best repellent, but is unsuitable for application 

 on surfaces exposed to the sun, and loses much of its efficacy if 



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