1912] E. Brxjnetti: Catalogue of Oriental Culicidae. 427 



with pictus, Ficalbi, for a synonym, but in vol. v he suppresses 

 this synonym. Amongst the uncertain species ranked under " Ano- 

 pheles " he places "pictus, Lw." He gives no further information 

 about his Myzomyia indiensis. 



M. sinensis has been studied in Japan, where it has been 

 found to transmit malaria. It is very variable. 



M. umbrosus. Theob. 



Add. Ref. — Leices., Culic. Malaya, 35, 9 . 

 He notes only one example, from jungle near Kuala Lumpur, 

 *•' very like barbirostris." 



Type in British Museum. 



M. vanus, Wlk. 



Add. Ref.— Blanch., Moust., 196, o' 5 . 



Add. Logs.— China [t. Theobald] ; Celebes [t. Walker] ; Java, 

 Malacca [t. Blanchard]; Calcutta, Oct. , Nov., Dec, common in 

 last two months; Port Canning [t. Theob., Ind. Mus. coll.j; Albay, 

 Laguna, Pangasinan, Bulacan, Tayabas, Manila, Cavite, Bataan, 

 Nueva Ecija, Rizal (all Phil. Is., April, and from June to Janu- 

 ary) [t. Ludlow] ; Dondra, Ceylon^ 4-xii-07 [Green] ; Galle, Ceylon, 

 8 xii-07 [Green]. 



Type in British Museum. 



N.B. — Dr. Leicester considers vanus synonymous with sinen- 

 sis, W.. but Theobald in his latest volume keeps them distinct. 



LOPHOSCELOMYIA. Theob. 



Add. Ref. — Giles, 1904, Journ. Trop. Med., vii, ^66 {Lopho- 

 myia). 

 Blanch., 1905, Moust., 635. 

 Theob., 1907, Monog., iv, 91, c 5 . 

 Leices,, 1908, Culic. Malaya, 21. 

 ISI .B. — In his monograph (iv, 92) Mr. Theobald redescribes, 

 and says that the name was spelt correctly at the erection of the 

 genus (Entom., Jan., 1904). In the Genera Insectorum (Fasc. 26) 

 he spells it Lophocelomyia . 



L. asiatica, Leices. 

 Add. Ref. Theob., Monog. Culic. iv. 92,0^ 9 . 



Leices., Culic Malaya, 21,0^ 9 . 



'•Lophomyia asiatica Theob. MvS.," in Giles (1904). Jour. 

 Trop. Med., vii, 366. 



Add. Logs. — Malaysia, according to Leicester, who says it 

 breeds exclusively in i)ools of water in bamboo, adding that those 

 bred in captivity will not 1)ite. 



