1912.] K. Brunetti : Catalogue of Oriental Culicidae. 421 



M. punctulata, James and List. 



This is not claimed to be a new species, and the only infer- 

 ence is that it is Donitz's species redescribed, though why these 

 authors relefgate the name to themselves is certainly not obvious. 



M. rosisi, Giles. 



Add. Rep.— Blanch., Moust., 178, cf $ , fig. 162, wing; 163, 

 transverse veins. 

 Leices., Culic. Malaya, 25, d* 2 . 



N.B.—ln Monog., iv, errata, Mr. Theobald says '' This species 

 has been found on recent microscopic examination to belong to a 

 distinct genus from Myzomyia, owing to the peculiar squamose 

 characters of the thorax. The genus is being described by Mr. 

 Rothnell as Pseudomyzoinyia.'" 



I have seen no description anywhere of this proposed genus 

 Pseudomyzomyia and Theobald does not mention it in his Monog. , 

 vol. V. James and Liston (Monog. Anoph. Mosq. India, 2nd 

 Ed., 44) propose to erect the name Nyssomyzomyia in its place, 

 for the reception of rossii, ludlowi, Theob., and punctidata, 

 *' James and List.," but for reasons previously stated the genus is 

 not recognized here. Anyway, should Pseudomyzomyia actually 

 have been published anywhere and cover the same set of species 

 it is impossible to throw out the genus at James and Liston's 

 desire for the purpose of adopting a new name of their own. 



Theobald, in his '^ist Rep. Ind. Mus. Coll. Culic." (Rec. Ind. 

 Mus., ii, 287), retains the species in Myzomyia without comment 

 and in his 2nd Report does so also. 



Leicester (Culic. Malaya) says the larvae occur in any small 

 collections of stagnant water near houses, giving as localities. 

 Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Penang, Klang, and notes that its 

 only affinity in Malaya is albirostris. 



Miss Ludlow records it from the Philippines nearly all the 

 year round, saying " Doubted as a host in India ; has a moderate 

 distribution, is taken infrequently and in small numbers in the 

 Philippines, and its connection with malaria is not indicated." 



Add. Logs.— Laguna, Mindanao, Albay, Pangasinan,Tayabas, 

 Pampanga, Batangas, Bulacan, Bataan, Cavite, Rizal [all Phil. 

 Is. t. Ludlow]. Calcutta apparently all the year round ; I have 

 taken it there in April, June, July and August. 



In the Indian Museum collection [t. Theob. ! from Puri, 

 Ganjam lake district, Travancore State (several localities, taken l)y 

 Dr. Annandale, 5— 25-xi-o8) ; Ferozepore, Chittagong [Hall], and 

 on board ship ten miles off Coconada, Madras coast, i7-iv-o8 

 [Paiva] ; Lucknow, 4-ix-05 [Brunetti]. 



Theobald adds " one example from Calcutta, ([uite typical, 

 was labelled stating that it was determined l)y Giles as .Anopheles 

 costalis, he does not mention this in his handbook." 



Mr. Green says this species is probably the malaria carrier in 

 parts of Ceylon, especially the Batticaloa district. 



