joo E. Brunetti : Catalogue of Oriental Culicidae. [Vol. 1, 



Museum collection being marked. Further lists of species follow, 

 arranged according to their geographical distribution. Volume iii 

 (1903) gives 17 more plates of photos of wings and wing-scales ; the 

 last two, however, being of larvae and pupae. 



In Fascicule No. 26 of the " Genera Insectorum " (1905), Mr. 

 Theobald gives a table of sub-families, admitting eight, as follows : 

 AnophelincE^McgarhincB , ToxorhynchitincB ^ CulicincB, JoblotincB,Mdeo- 

 niyincs, HeptaphlehomyincB and Corethrincp. Sixty-seven genera 

 (described) are recognised, containing slightly over 500 species, 

 being the total number known including a few new ones. He also 

 gives 2 coloured plates showing 24 full insects. 



Lieutenant-Colonel Giles's work, " Handbook of Gnats, or Mos- 

 quitoes " is a valuable one. First published in 1900, it attained a 

 second edition in 1902. Chapter i (2nd Ed.), concerns the position 

 and terminology of the CulicidcB ; chap, ii, collecting and preserv- 

 ing ; chaps, iii to vi, the anatomy of the larva, pupa and adult, 

 with many figures ; chap, vii, life-history. Plate vi gives photos 

 of living Anopheles and Culex resting on glass. Conditions influenc- 

 ing prevalence is treated of on p. 152, and a valuable diagram is 

 fig. 38 (facing p. 256), giving a key to generic distinctions based 

 on the characters of the scales. 



Although confined to Anopheles (sensu latu), Messrs. James 

 and Lriston's " Anopheles Mosquitoes of India " is also of great 

 value, if only for the splendid plates. The earlier part deals with 

 general notes, eggs, larvae (figured), habitats, collecting, mounting, 

 preserving, larva-mounting, classified table of Anopheles larvae ; 

 distribution and classification of Indian species, and a very excellent 

 diagrammatic plate showing the structure of the various parts of 

 the adult, with their technical terms. The work terminates with 

 14 other splendid plates (tinted) of large size, illustrative of that 

 number of Indian species. 



Mr. Banks' catalogue of the Philippine CulicidcB is most useful. 

 Many of the Oriental species, if correctly determined, have an 

 excessively wide range. From Africa (South and West Coast), 

 Mauritius, and Australia, from China, and from Europe, certain 

 species are regarded as identical with forms indigenous to the 

 Orient. It will be noticed that I have included the few Arabian 

 species mentioned in Mr. Patton's paper on the Aden hinterland 

 Culicid fauna ; this is because, owing to their wide range of dis- 

 tribution, any of those species may easily occur in India, and not 

 from a desire to include Arabia in the Oriental Region. 



To avoid repetition in the catalogue, I append here a brief list 

 of such localities as constantly occur, with particulars added. 



Bakloh . . 4,500 to 5,000 ft. Punjab, Lower Himalayas. 



Bhim Tal . . 4,500 ft. Kumaon Dist. , Western Himalayas. 



Canara District .. On Goa Frontier, W. Coast of India, S. of 



Bombay. 

 Cavite . . Close to Manila (Luzon, Phil. Islands). 



Coonoor . . 6,000 ft. Nilgiri Hills, Madras Presidency. 



