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S. fasciata, F. 



Add. Ref. — I^eices., Culic. ]Malaya, 85,0' ? . 



Add. Logs. — Ceylon [Green] ; Garvet, Java [Prof. Marlett], 

 Soekaboemi, Java : Celebes, Siam, Perak. Malay Ports, Papua, 

 Batavia. 



It occurs in Calcutta in January, and from May to October (not 

 so common as scutellaris) : Lucknow, November; Purnea, August 

 [Paiva^ ; Lushai Hills [Macleod] ; Puri, 18 — ig-i-og ; ^Mandalay, 

 i2-iii-o8 ; Rangoon, 25-ii-o8, in house, biting by day ; common on 

 board ship, Bay of Bengal, between mouth of Hooghly River and 

 Rangoon, 22 — 23-ii-o8. I have taken it in Calcutta, i, vi, vii, 

 viii, ix, in bedrooms and other places and in the hotel at Lucknow, 

 7-viii-05 ; Madras Town, 31-X-08 [Hodgart] : on board ship off 

 Coconada, i5-iv-o8 [Paiva], and Bhim Tal (4,500 ft.) in September. 



Miss Ludlow records it under the name calopus, M. (Mosq. Phil. 

 Is., 33), from a very long series of localities in the Philippines 

 where it occurs all the j'ear round. 



N.B. — Although Blanchard and Coquillett assume the syno- 

 nymy of calopus, Mg., Mr. Theobald doubts its identity with 

 fasciata, F. (Monog., iv, 177). 



Owing to Villiers in 1789 adopting the specific name fasciata 

 for a Culex, ]\Ir. Theobald fears a change in the name of this well- 

 known species may be necessary. Meigen described a fasciata in 

 1805, which Theobald adds as a synonym. 



Meigen' s calopus (1818) is next on the list, but its identity 

 with fasciata, F., appears uncertain. The next name identified 

 with the species is f rater, Rob. Desv., and Theobald thinks that 

 this is the name that may have to be adopted. 



However, as Villiers 's description is unintelligible, and the 

 type has long ago ceased to exist, he proposes to abolish Villier's 

 species and retain the name fasciata. F., for this species. This, as 

 he says, will save endless confusion. 



Anyway if Villiers's description is useless and his type des- 

 troyed, there is no reason to assume the species was not a true 

 Culex, in which case the question of synonymy drops. ^Moreover, 

 the Kertesz catalogue does not mention this species of Villiers 

 at all. 



This species is the sole carrier of yellow fever. 



Mr. Howard says " we may expect to find this species every- 

 where in the moist tropical zone, or at all events, when intro- 

 duced at any point within the low moist tropics it may be 

 expected to establish itself." 



In Malaysia tlie species seems to be confined to the ports. 

 Leicester notes that the larvae are found in bathroom tubs in 

 houses at Klang, Singapore, Penang, Pangkor-Haut and other 

 places. He notes the dense scaling on the clypeus, which, he says, 

 no previous writer has noted, and also mentions the variety 

 luciensis as occurring in Malaysia. 



Should the identity of fasciata, F., with calopus, Mg.,be 



