iQio.] F. W Theobald : Repoyt on Culicidce. 15 



bases about level, the stems nearly as long as the cells; mid cross- 

 vein about twice as long as the supernumerary and in a straight 

 line with it; posterior cross-vein about the same length as the 

 mid, about its own length distant from it. 



Length 5' 2 mm. 



Habitat Madras town (R. Hodgart). 



Time of capture 31-X-08. 



Note --This is the only & of this species I have seen, so I 

 have redescribed it. 



33. Culex impellens, Wlk. (^). 



Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond., iv, gr. 



Localites and Dates. 



Bf;;^^/.— Calcutta, 3i-i-o8, 5 and 7-iii-07, 3-vi-o8, i2-vii-o8, 

 2i-vii-o8, 27 and 28-vii-o8, 30-vii-o7, 3i-vii-o8, 2 — 6-viii-07, 

 io-viii-08, 13 and i4-viii-o8, '' in bungalow ' ' {Annandale) , i8-viii-o8, 

 22-viii-o8, "in bathroom" {Annandale).^ ig-ix-oy, 26-ix-o8 ; Balli- 

 ganj, near Calcutta, 20-vi-o8 (3) [T. Bentham)] Port Canning, 

 Lower Bengal, 19-X-08 {Annandale); Rajmahal, 3r-vii-07 (2) 

 {R. Hodgart); Purneah, N. Bengal, 6-viii-07, Bhogaon, Purneah dis- 

 trict, N. Bengal, 3-X-08 (2), 6-X-08 (i) (C Paiva) ; Bettiah, Cham- 

 paran_ 7-iii-o8 {R. Hodgart); Balighai near Puri, Orissa, 25-X-08 

 (3), 26-X-08 (8), 24-X-08 (2), "in house, bites occasionally by 

 day," 23-X-08 (6), "in house, comes to light" {Annandale). 



E. Bengal and Assam. — Chittagong, E. Bengal, 26-vii-o8 

 {Lt.-CoL Hall). 



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

 Darjiling district, i and 2-vii-o8 (5), " in deep jungle, biting by 

 day" {Annandale). 



Nepal. — Thamaspur, Bengal frontier, 10 — i4-ii-o8, Sukwani, 

 Bengal frontier, 15 and i6-ii-o8 {Butchu, mus. collr.). 



Biinna. — Moulmein, L. Burma, 27-ii-o8, " abundant m house," 

 Rangoon, 24 and 25-ii-o8, Mandalay, 11 and i2-iii-o8 {Annandale). 



The United Provinces.— hncknow, 2r-iv-07(i) {Annandale). 



Travancore and Cochin States. — Shencottah, Madras frontier 

 (e. side of W. Ghats) (4) ; Pallode, twenty miles N.E. of Trivan- 

 drum ; Shasthancottah, twelve miles N.N.E. of Quilon; Trivan- 

 drum; Nedumangad, ten miles N.E. of Trivandrum (2); Vaikum 

 (coastal region) ; Kulattupuzha (w. base of W. Ghats) ; Tenmalai, 

 W. Ghats (w. side); Ernakulam, Cochin State. All collected by 

 Dr. Annandale between 4 and 25-xi-o8. 



At sea.— At light on board ship C^ve miles off Aleppey, 

 Travancore, 4-V-08 (2) (C. Paiva). 



34. Culex pettigreu'ii, sp. nov. 



Head brown with pale scales; palpi l)r()wn, pale-scaled apices; 

 proboscis pale except for a small dark band at the apex and l)ase ; 

 thorax rich brown, ornamented with a paler curved line on each 



