iqoy.] Records of the Indian Miisenni. ^^i^\ 



collection), but in the " Genera Insectorum " he sinks Arribalzaga's 

 " mosquito "as an absolute synon^^m of fasciata F., t3^pical form, 

 and gives 7nosquito R. Desv. as a good variety. 



This is one of the most variable species in the family. 



Banks says " all parts of the tropical world," but this ma^^ be 

 doubted, as I can obtain onl}^ Biro's record from Oriental latitudes — 

 except those of Banks. 



Australian 9 $ are said to be larger than Asiatic, East Indian 

 or West Indian ones, but Australian c^ d" are of no larger size than 

 usual. The eggs are laid separately' and not in rafts. Dr. Low says 

 they begin to breed the first day they emerge from the pupa, one 

 cf fertilising many $ 5 , and pairing by night freely as well as 

 by day. The eggs possess great vitality and do not lose it, even if 

 completel}^ dried for some weeks. He calls it an " essentiall}' 

 domestic mosquito " breeding in any receptacle holding water 

 near the house, and in company with C. fatigans Wied. 



In the West Indies it bites viciously between i and 3 p.m. 



lyOCAWTiES : Singapore and Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (Papua) [both 

 5i>o] : Pampanga (Phil. Is.) [Whitmore]. . Also occurs at Port 

 Said and Muscat (Arabia). 



Sub-species persistans Banks, 1906. 

 Phil. Jour. Sci., i, 996. 



The type of and $ of this variety are in the Entomological 

 Jollection (Type No. 5773), Bureau of Science, Manila. 



He says it is the " most abundant day flying mosquito in this 

 region and a vicious biter, appearing generally, and biting fiercely, 

 just before a storm." 



L0CA1.1T1ES : Manila, Iloilo and Bago (Negros Is.) ; (all Phil. Is.) 

 [Banks] ; Fort McKinley (Phil. Is.) [Craig] ; and taken by 

 various collectors elsewhere in these Islands. 



7. S. gardneri Ludlow, 1905. 



Can. Ent., xxxvii, 99 o^ $ . 



Localities : Bulaco in August (Mindoro Is. Philippines) [Gardner] ; 

 Pampanga (Luzon) [W hitmore]. 



8, S. mediopunctata Theob., 1905. 



Jour. Bomb. So., xvi, 240 2 . 



Described from a unique $ in perfect condition taken in 

 November at Peradeniya (Ceylon). 



