346 E. Brunetti : Catalosruc of Oriental Culicidai. [\\)L. I, 



Theobald's references to "C. fiiscanus Wied." are not at all de- 

 finite. Under his accepted species of Culex {sensu strictu), he gives 

 "fuscaiius Wied. 1821, Dip. Ex. p. 9," adding East India, Malacca, 

 Singapore and Sarawak as localities (the latter three, probably on 

 the authority of Walker). Then under his " species unidentifiable, 

 except from types," he places " C. fuscanus Wied., 1838, Dip. Ex. 

 4th supp., p. 9." First of all, the two quotations, by their simi- 

 larity, appear to refer to the same reference, but, apart from that, 

 Wiedemann in his " Auss. Zweifi." (1828), in describing the species 

 (i, p. 6) does not give any earlier reference, as is usual with him 

 when dealing with species previously described by him elsewhere. 

 This makes me doubt the reference to " Dip. Ex.," more especially 

 as Van der Wulp's Catalogue quotes the " Auss. Zweifl." description 

 as the original one. By the w^ay, Theobald's 2nd quotation is not 

 an error for Macquart's " Dipt. Exot.," as this latter author does not 

 mention the species at all. I therefore include the species fuscanus 

 as a good one under Wiedemann's " Auss. Zweifl." reference and 

 under Culex. ' ' No specimen has yet been received at the British 

 Museum answering to the description of this species." (Theob.) 

 Localities : E. India, Singapore, Malacca, Sarawak. 



13. C. gclidus Theob., 1901. 



Mon. Culic, ii, 20 2 ; pi. xxiv, 93 $ , full ins. col. ; 

 fig. 158, thorax and hind tarsus. 

 Giles, Handbk., 2nd Ed,, 421 9 . 

 Theob. Mon. Culic, ii, 20 2 . fig. 158, thorax and hind tarsus. 



Described from a single perfect ? taken by Mr. Butler amongst 

 plantains, Oct. 23rd, 1899, in Selangor. 



The species is said to be near C. confimiatus Arrib. 



What appears to be the & of the typical form (hitherto unde- 

 scribed) was captured at light by Dr. Annandale in Calcutta, 30- 

 vii-1907, and is now in the Indian Museum collection. During 

 July and August this year (1907) this gentleman has taken both 

 ■sexes fairl}^ commonly on mossy walls of gardens adjoining the 

 Museum. 



Localities : (T5'picalform) Purneah (N. Bengal), b-viii-igoj [Paiva] ; 

 Peradeniya (July and Sept.) and Kelani Valley (both Ceylon) 

 [Green'] ; Selangor [Butler] ; Dindings (Straits) in November ; 

 Bayembang (Pangasinan, Phil. Is.) [Chamberlain'] ; Perak, 

 Dacca, Calcutta. 



Var. sinensis Theob., 1903. Monog. (iii, 180 2 ). 

 This variety taken by Mr. Cornford at Shaohyling, China. 



vSub. species cuneatus Theob., 1901. 



Mon. Culic, ii, 22 2 , fig. 159, wing, head, proboscis, 

 abdomen marks. 



