1912.] B. Brunetti: Catalogue of Oriental Culicidae. 405 



Messrs. Dyar and Knab's paper, in which only 3 sub-families are 

 recognized, — Anophelinae, Culicinae and Sabethinae), '' all other 

 genera of Anophelinae are sunk 2is synonyms oi Anopheles, but 

 the authors raise one species — harheri of Coquillett, a species so 

 close to bijurcatus that it is hardly separable— to generic rank, 

 calling it Coelodiazesis." 



Mr. Theobald mentions their plates of portions of the larvae 

 as being valuable for future work. On p. 14 Theobald mentions 

 Coquillett's classification of the family on adult characters, on 

 p. 15 the proposed separation of Corethra and Mochlonyx from 

 Culicidae, to form a separate family. Dr. Lutz's classification is 

 given on p. 15 followed by a modification of it by Theobald on 

 p. 17 ; the latter writer being in favour of the separation of 

 Corethra. The further notes of interest in Mr. Theobald's work 

 are mentioned under the genera and species to which they apply. 

 In the 5th volume of his Monograph of the Culicidae Mr. 

 Theobald reviews all the species included in the previous volumes. 

 It is a huge work of over 600 pages, illustrated by 261 text-figures 

 and six plates of wings, and contains descriptions of 21 new- 

 genera and 392 new species. 



It contains apparently lists of all known species in each genus 

 (except those purposely excluded for given reasons) and presents 

 them in tabular form. 



It is satisfactory to see the author deploring the brief nature 

 of some authors' description of their species, ''wholly inadequate 

 for correct diagnosis," and as certainly leading to much confusion 

 and increased synonymy. He also, rightly enough, objects to new 

 genera and species being created on larvae of which the adult 

 forms are unknown, and he emphasizes this objection by ignoring 

 the species thus erected by Messrs. Dyar and Knab on American 

 and West Indian forms. 



It is curious that Theobald makes no reference either to the 

 voluminous monograph on the Malayan Culicidae published by Dr. 

 Leicester, nor does he apparently notice any of that author's very 

 numerous new species, mostly described from bred specimens. 



In one or two cases he quotes verbatim descriptions of species 

 by other authors without notifying from which region of the globe 

 they come. 



Blanchard in his " Moustiques" (1905) devotes chap, i to the 

 position of the Culicidae, chap, ii to the morphology and anatomy 

 of the family, and chap, iii to their metamorphoses and habits. 

 Notes on mosquito parasites occur on pp 132-135. A long chapter 

 of nearly 300 pages, illustrated by 120 figures, is devoted to the 

 systematic description of genera and species Chapter v treats of 

 the medical aspect, chap, vi of methods of prevention of attack 

 and of extermination, and chap, vii of their collection, preserva- 

 tion, breeding and mounting. An appendix giving recently- des- 

 cribed species a very complete bibliographical catalogue, and a 

 copious index to the whole work completes the volume, which 

 totals 673 pages. On p. 390 he gives a key to the new genera 



