1920. | E. BRUNETTI: Ortental & S. Astatic Nemocera. 115 
In an editorial note in the Ind. Jour. Med. Res. IV, 611, men- 
tion is made of a new species A. (Mvzorhynchus) similis, Strick- 
land, from the Malay States. The larva is “described ’’ in 
three lines, the adult is ‘‘ described’’ as being “ indistiguishable 
from umbrosus.”’ 
Bironella, Theob. 
Ann. Mus. Hung. III, 69 (1905). 
Theob., Monog. Culic. IV, 120, o; fig. 7, wing 
(ose 22)e 
GENOTYPE, B. gractlts Theob., by original desig- 
nation. 
gracilis Theob., Ann. Mus. Hung. III, 60, @ ; fig. 3, scales; pl. il, 
wing o ; pl. iii, wing scales 7 (“‘ @ ” lapsus). 
Theob., Monog. Culic. IV, 121, o: fig. of wing, p. 122: 
Brun: Ree: Ind. Mus. 133225 1V; 432. 
Muina, Papua, 31-xit-1900 [Bzro]. Type, unique, in the 
Hungarian Museum. Howard, Dyar and Knab think this genus 
may be a transitional form between Anopheles, Megarhinus and 
Uvanotaenia (Mosq. N. and Cent. Am. and W. Ind. 899). 
Calvertina Judlow. 
Can. Ent. XLI, 234, emend. from Calverita I,udl., 
loc. ctt., 22 (1909). 
Calvertia preoce. Warren in Lepidoptera. 
GENOTYPE, Chagasia lineata Vudl., by original 
designation. 
lineata Ludl., Can. Ent. XL, 50 (Chagasia) (1908). 
Calvertia lineata, Ludl., Can. Ent. XLI, 22. 
Calvertina lineata, Id., loc. cit., XLI, 234: Theob., Monog. 
Calics Vi.775 run. Ree Ind. Mus. [IV 433. 
Pangasinan, viil. Type in Army Med. Mus., Washington. 
pect. CULICINE 
This ‘‘Section’’ comprises the whole of the subfamily Culi- 
cinae except the Anophelines, but is not herein assigned equi- 
-valent or any definite taxonomic value, being only adopted 
as a temporary convenience to separate them from the Ano. 
phelines. 
Megarhinus, R. Desv. 
Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris III, 412 (1827). 
Macq., Hist. Nat. Dipt: Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N.S. Wales III, 1720: Theob., Monog. Culic. I, 
