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M. Icucophyrus, Don. 

 Removed to Neomyzomyia. 



M. listoni, Liston. 



Add. Ref. — Myzomvia Christopher si, Theob. Blanch., Moust., 

 183. 



Add. Loc. — Kangra Valley (Punjab, 4,800 ft.), May, June, 

 July [Dudgeon'] ; Berars (Centr. India) ; Ceylon [Green']. 



Under the name christophersi, Theob., Mr. Theobald (Rec. 

 Ind. Mus., iv, 2) gives the localities Sylhet, 2-V-05 [Hall]; and 

 Jalpaiguri, i3-viii-07 [Wallich]. 



N.B. — Mr. Theobald (Monog., iv, 51) sinks this name for his 

 own Christopher si, and remarks, '' The name listoni was used by 

 Giles for a large variety of culicifacies, so Liston 's name cannot 

 stand." 



Even if the variety referred to is sufficiently distinct to be 

 considered as such, and constant enough to be accorded a name 

 (and Mr. Theobald does not rank it as such), there is no reason 

 why the name should not be given elsewhere to a distinct species. 



Liston's description holds priority. In describing the sj^ecies, 

 I take it that he considered he was describing the species named 

 after him by Giles {listoni, Giles, 1901, Ent. Month. Mag., xxxvii, 

 197); therefore now that the error is discovered, and it is known 

 to be a different species, the name should surely be retained, 

 Capt. Liston's mistake absolving him from being considered to 

 have purposely named the species after himself. 



M. ludlowi, Theob. 



Apparently occurs all the year round all over the Philippines 

 from the long list of dates and localities afforded by Miss Ludlow, 

 who records it from forty different places in these Islands. Also 

 found in the Malay States, " Never a subject of experiment, 

 appears coincident with malaria in the Philippines, and seems 

 likely to be connected with its transmission " (Ludlow). 



However, in a footnote (Mosq. Phil. Is., p. 30) she adds that 

 since writing her paper, two articles have appeared, by Capt. 

 Ashburn and Lieut. Craig, and by C. S. Banks, the results of the 

 investigation of the first authors being against the probability of 

 malaria being actually spread by this insect ; whilst the last 

 author proves at least its capability by actual experiments of 

 transmitting the disease. 



James and Liston desire to place this species in their new 

 genus Nyssomyzomyia. 



Type in British Museum. 



M. punctulata, Don. 

 Removed by Theobald to Ccllia. 



