British Tipulidce, S?c. 451 



Jnopheles. Linne describes 7 species of Culex, in the 12th edi- 

 tion of his Systema Naturae, 2 of which only belong to the genus 

 according to the modern views of the subject ; 1 to the genus 

 Jnopheles, and the rest to various genera among the Tipulidm. 

 In the last edition of his Fauna Suecica he gives 5 of the above 

 as natives of Sweden ; amongst which are 1 Culex and 1 Jno- 

 pheles. 



The Systema Antliatorum of Fabricius contains 15 Culices, 7 

 of which are exotic, 3 belong to other modern genera, and the re- 

 maining 5 to the genera Culex and Jnopheles. In Meigen's 8vo. 

 edition'there are 14 species of Culex, and 2 of Jnopheles ; all of 

 which have been identified as natives of this country, except C. 

 lateralis, and pTobably also C. calopus and C domesticus. 



The only British works in which I find any accounts of the spe- 

 cies of the group now under consideration, are the Synopsis of 

 Berkenhout, and the compilations of Stewart and Turton, and in 

 these but 4 are enumerated, a proof of the general neglect or in- 

 difference with which the lesser dipterous Insects have hitherto 

 been treated in this country ;*— there is, however, a figure of C. 

 annulatus, introduced by mistake for C pipiens, in Samouelle's 

 Useful Compendium, but no description of either species is ap- 

 pended. 



* The following statement may be adduced in corroboration of the asser- 

 tion, that we are generally anticipated by the continental writers in the 

 description of our entomological productions. The indigenous Carabidce ac- 

 tually preserved in our cabinets amount to 351 in number, (332 in my collec- 

 tion) ; 248 of which are described, 229 by Foreign, and only 140 by British, 

 Authors. Marsham enumerates but 109 species of Carabus in his Coleoptera 

 Britannica, 10 of these are mere varieties, and 1 belongs to the Staphylinidce. 

 This statement may surprize the reader, but if he choose to investigate the 

 subject,he will find that I am within bounds, notwithstanding my friendMr. 

 Curtis, in his observations on the genus Nebria, published so recently as last 

 February, says that we possess only 275 Carabidm : the fact is, that since that 

 period, short as it is, several highly interesting species have been discovered, 

 particularly some noble additions to our Fauna, captured by my friend Dr. 

 Leach, in Devonshire, amongst which Licinus depressus of Paykull, Brachinus 

 glabratus and Alpcr.us castaneus of Bonelli, %nd Zabrus obesus of Latreille, hold 

 a distinguished place, and tend to show that the subject is far from being 

 exhausted. 



