334 ^-- Bkuxetti : Catahsyuc of Oriental Culicidae. [Vol. I, 



Banks says that scutellaris Wlk. (typical) has not been seen 

 by him. from the PhiUppines, but that this variety is widespread 

 there, and that he has bred several varieties of it, all reared from 

 the same lot of eggs. He suggests " intergradation between {scutel- 

 laris and sajuarensis." 



Although Theobald places this sub-species under Scutomyia 

 notoscripta, Skuse, I retain it under scutellaris Wlk., following the 

 more recent authority of Banks (Phil. Jour. Sci., i, 985) who raises 

 it to the dignity of a species. 



lyOCAUTiES : Samar, Leyte, Mindoro, Iloilo, Negros (all Phil. Is.) 

 [t. Banks] ; Manila, Fort McKinley [Craig]. 



Note. — albopictus Skuse, Ind. Mus. Notes, iii, 20. 



I find some difficulty in deciding where to place the above 

 form. 



Theobald in his Monograph (i, 298) sinks it as a synonym of 

 Stegomyia scutellaris Wlk., as does Giles (Handbk., 2nd Bd., 374). 

 Yet in the Genera Insectorum, Theobald omits scutellaris Wlk. 

 altogether (this must surely be an omission by error), and gives 

 albopictus Skuse as a synonym of Scutomyia notoscripta Skuse. 

 Moreover, his reference to Skuse' s description in ' ' Ind. Mus. 

 Notes " should be vol. iii, pt. 5, and not " vol. 35." 



Whether a good species or whether synonymous with scutel- 

 laris or notoscripta , the form albopictus is common throughout the 

 summer in Calcutta, I myself having bred it during August from 

 larvae found in the bathroom. They metamorphosed quite readily 

 in an empty biscuit tin, and I believe developed a second genera- 

 tion therein, but I could not be quite certain that this latter was 

 not due to other specimens obtaining access to the water. 



Dr. Annandale took it at Bhim Tal (Kumaon 4,500 ft.) in 

 Sept. 1906, where it was freely breeding in water butts near Euro- 

 pean houses, also in cavities holding water in jungle trees. From a 

 comparison of the descriptions, and an examination of specimens 

 it seems to be a form of scutellaris Wlk., under which specific name 

 I therefore retain it. 



15. S. sexlineata Theob., 1901. 



Mon. Culic, i, 308 $ , fig. 94, head, thorax, abdo- 

 men, ungues, wing scales, etc. 



Giles Handbk., 2nd Ed., 377. 

 Id. Jour. Trop. Med., vii, 367. 



Described by Theobald from a unique perfect 9 , taken at 

 Agua Santa (Trinidad) in December. Giles is uncertain of the 

 identity of his species with Theobald's. 



Taken by Whitmore at Angeles (Pampanga, Phil. Is.). 



