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Inhabits Ceylon. My own collection. 



8. Aid. later it ins. Lateritius: abdominis et alarnm basi, anten- 

 narnm apice nigris, articulisque 7 et 8 flavo-albidis. Long. 8-y 

 lin. Exp. alar. 16 lin. 



Inhabits New Holland. A specimen from Sydney is in my owti 

 collection. Besides the above character this fine insect has a small 

 brown spot at the apex of its wings, and only the two terminal segments 

 of the abdomen above, and the four terminal laterally, reddish chesnut, 

 the posterior tibiae and tarsi are externally brownish, its face and mouth 

 also slightly inclined to yellow. The antennae are less slender than 

 in the preceding species. 



9. Aul. variegatus. Niger: thoracis dorso rufo, abdominis segment© 

 primo fascia flava : pedibus rufo-flavis variegatis : antennarum 

 scapo rufo, et apice flavo-albidis, alls hyalinis apice brunneo. 

 Long. 5 lin. Exp. alar. 11 lin. 



Inhabits New Holland. A specimen from Sydney is in my own 

 collection. This pretty insect differs from its congeners in having its 

 antemiEe poiTCCt, shorter, and more robust ; its abdomen is shorter and 

 more clavate ; and its ovipositor curves upwards over the back, with 

 an inclination to resemble that of Leucopsis. 



Sect. 2. The second submarginal cell receiving both the recurrent nervures. 



10. Aul. compressus, Spin. ^Ins. Lig.' vol. ii. fas. 2. p. 48, No. 39. 

 Inhabits Northern Italy. In the collection of the Marquis Spinola. 



I have been accidentally led wider than I intended upon commen- 

 cing this paper, which I am afi-aid, upon comparing its contents with 

 its title, will be charged with treating " de omnibus rebus et quibus- 

 dam aliis." 



Yours very truly, 



W. E. Shuckard. 

 To the Editor of ' The Entomologist.' 



Art. XXIII. — Varieties hy Various Contributors. 



1. Mosquito. English colonists generally misname the gnat of the 

 tropics, mosquito. The mosquito, a small fly, as its name bespeaks, 



