igio.] F. V. Theobald : Report on Cidicidcs. 9 



At sea. — On board ship, Bay of Bengal, between mouth of 

 R. Hooghly and Rangoon, 22 and 23-11-08 (Annandale) ; on board 

 ship, 10 miles off Coconada on the Madras Coast, r5-iv-o8(C. Paiva). 

 '' I found this species common on board ship all the way from 

 Calcutta to Rangoon in February " {Annandale). 



22. Stegonivia scutellaris, Wlk. 



Joiirn. Proc. Litin. Soc. Land., iii, p. yy (1859). 

 Additional Localities and Dates, 



Bengal. — Calcutta, ii-iii-o8 (2), 15 and 23-vii-07, 6-viii-07 (i), 

 i9-ix-07 (6), 3i-vii-07, 5-viii-07, (Zoological Gardens) i2-vii-o8, 

 2-viii-07 {Annandale)] Purneah, N. Bengal, 5-viii-o7, Bhogaon, 

 Purneah district, N. Bengal, 7-X-08 (8), 9-X-08 (i) (C. Paiva) \ 

 Balighai near Puri, Orissa, 23 and 26-X-08 {Annandale). " Very 

 abundant in Calcutta between March and November " {Annandale). 



The Himalayas. — Sukna, 500 feet, base of E. Himalayas, 

 Darjiling district, i and 2-vii-o8 (7), ''only troublesome during 

 day" [Annandale); Bhim Tal, 4 500 feet, Kumaon, '' breeds in 

 hollow trees in jungle," ix-o6 {Annandale). 



Mrtrfms.— Madras town, 30-X-08 (7) {R. Hodgari). 



Travancore State.— Trivandrum, r4-xi-o8 (2), Maddathorai (w. 

 base of the Western Ghats), t8-x-o8 {.innandale). 



The United Provinces. — Shahjahanpur, "da}^ biting " {G. M. 

 Giles), one 9 named by Giles Culex albopictus, Skiise. 



Burma. — Mandalay, ir-iii-08, '' not uncommon in house " 

 {Annandale). 



Ceylon. — Colombo, Victoria Gardens, 26-iv-o8 (C, Paiva). 



23. Culex mimetic us, Noe. 



Bull. Soc. Ent. I tal., xxxi, p. 240, 1899. 



The Himalayas. — Theog, 8,000 feet, Simla Hills, 2-V-07 (i 9 ) 

 {Annandale). 



Nepal. — Thamaspur, Bengal frontier; 18 and 2o-ii-o8 (lor*), 

 large specimen {mus. collr.). 



24. Stegomyia minutissima , sp, nov. 



Head black, a white border to eyes and white median spot in 

 front between them ; palpi black with white apices ; proboscis black. 

 Thorax deep brown with a small grey- scaled area in front, grey 

 scales in front of the roots of the wings and three short creamy 

 lines behind. Abdomen black with narrow white basal bands and 

 white lateral spots. Legs dark brown with basal white bands ; 

 mid femora with a marked median white spot and white apex : 

 hind femora white at base. Very small species. 



9 . Head clothed with flat black scales, a large median 

 triangular white-scaled area in front and a pale border to the 

 eyes ; clypeus dark brown ; palpi black with snowy white apices ; 



