1912.] E. Brunetti: Cata!os;ue of Oriental Ctdicidae. 475 



C. sepositus, Leices., 1908. 

 Culic. Malaya, 152, 9 . 

 A single 9 from jungle near Kuala Lumpur. Very distinct. 



C. sericeus, Theob. 



Add. Ref. — Blanch., Moust., 362, 9 



Add. Locs. — Taken by me at Meerut, India, 25-iv-o5, Luck- 

 now (the Residency), 2 xii-04 ; Rangoon, 24 xii-04 to 3-i-05, in 

 bedroom ; Shanghai, 8 ~-io-v-o6, in ditch. The specimens identified 

 by Theobald with some doubt owing to their rul)bed condition. 



C. sitiens, Wied. 



Add. Ref, — Blanch., Moust., 293, 9 . 



Leices , Culic. Malaya, 143, cf 9 . 



Add. Locs. — Blanchard adds Sumatra, Celebes, Malacca ; 

 Theobald adds Calcutta — Aug. and Sept. Philippines {t. Ludlow). 



Leicester describes it from a series bred from marshy ground 

 and from adults taken in the bungalows in the Mala}- Peninsula. 



C. stenoetrus, Theob , 1907. 



Monog. Culic, iv, 395, 9 . 



Loc. — Maskeliya, Ceylon, April [Green]. 

 Type in British Museum. 



C. taytayensis, Banks, 1910. 

 Phil. Journ. Sci., iv, 545, rf 9 . 



Loc, — Rizal (Ph. Is.). Type cf 9 in entomological collec- 

 tion, Bureau of Science, Manila. Bred from larvae from the water 

 01 the esteros. 



C. tigripes, Grand, et Char. 



Add. Locs. — Manipur (bungalow), August \Gourlay] ; Sylhet, 

 ii, iv, v-xii-04 \Hall] ; Mandalay, ii-iii-08 [Amiandale] ; Calcutta, 

 July to November; Danuikdia (ihat [ Riv. Ganges. E.Bengal), 

 July ; Port Canning, Dec. ; Kurseong, 4-viii-o8. I took it in 

 Calcutta, Aug. 1908 and Dec 1905; Kirindi. 20-xi 08 ; Weligama, 

 3-i-oS ; Dondra, 28-iv-o8. and Mandulsima, i4-xii-o8 (all four in 

 Ceylon). Also occurs in South, Central and West Africa. 



The larvae are carnivorous and cannibalistic. Patton found 

 it at Aden in a tank of rain water feeding on C. fatioa)i<: larvae. 



Theobald describes three varieties, none being Oriental. 



C. tipuliformis, Theob. 



Add. Locs. — Blanch., Moust., 363, 9 . 

 Type in British Museum. 



