PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 529 
Plecia, Wied., common to America, Asia and the Eastern Isles, 
is known in Australia by four well-marked species. Dz/ophus, 
Meig., of almost world-wide distribution, has two species; and 
Scatopse, Geoff, also occurring almost everywhere, is represented 
here by two species, one of which, S. zofa/a, Linn., originally a 
native of Europe, is now known from several parts of the world, 
having been introduced into other countries through the medium 
of shipping. See Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. iii. 
(2nd series), 1888, pp. 1363-1386, pl. 39. 
Fam. 6. BLEPHAROCERID®. 
No representative of this group has been yet discovered in 
Australia. 
Fam. 7. CULICIDA. 
The genus MZegarrhina, Desv., recorded from America, West 
Indies, Asia and the Eastern Isles, is known in this country by one 
species. The cosmopolitan genus Cu/ex, Linn., seems abundantly 
represented, twenty-one species having been already described ; 
one of these, C. claris (? var.) Linn., has been introduced from 
Europe, and is the great nocturnal pest of all the colonies. 
Anopheles, Meig., has five, and #des, Meig., one described 
example. Iam also in the position to record the occurrence of 
Corethra, Meig., having recently taken specimens at Wagga 
Wagga, New South Wales. For descriptions of our species see 
Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. ii. (2nd series), 1888, 
pp. 1717-1764, pl. 40. 
Fam. 8. CHIRONOMID. 
This family, rich in North American and European species, 
seems also abundant in Australia, Eleven genera and seventy- 
two species have been already recorded. Chivonomus, Meig., 
twenty-eight ; Ovrthocladius, v. d. Wulp, five; Camftocladius, 
v. d. Wulp, five; Doloplastus, Sk., one ; Zanytarsus, v. d. Wulp, 
seven ; Metriocnemus, v. d. Wulp, one; Tanypus, Meig., one; 
Lsoplastus, Sk., three ; Procladius, Sk., two ; Leptoconops, Sk., one ; 
and Ceratopogon, Meig., seventeen. Doloplastus, Tsoplastus, 
Procladius, and Leptoconops have been adopted for what appear to 
be endemic forms. Most if not all of the other genera are 
probably universally represented, but owing to the insignificant 
size of these insects, and the difficulties which attend their collec- 
tion and study, very few have been described, except from Europe 
and America. The Australian species are described in the Proc. 
Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. iv. (2nd series), 1889, pp. 215- 
311, pl. 11-14. 
Fam. 9. ORPHNEPHILID®. 
None known. 
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