200 Mr. Frank H. Taylor on Culicidae from Papua. 



one (^ and dedicated to its discoverer. It is a very hand- 

 some variety, easily recognised by the thoracic and leg 

 ornamentations. The wing clothing of the ^^ is different 

 to that of the $; the ground colour of the thorax also 

 shows some variations. 



Chrysoconops breviceUidus, Theobald. 

 Taeniorhynchus brevicellulus, Theobald. 



(Plate XVIIT, fig. 9.) 



Theobald, Mon. Culicid., II, p. 212 (1901), III, p. 268 

 (1903); IV, p. 492 (1907); Rec. Ind. Mus., II, pt. Ill, 

 No. 30, p. 300 (1908); Mon. Culicid., V, p. 438 (1910); 

 Summers, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 10, No. 56, 223 (1912). 



Additional Locality. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field 

 {Dr. Giblin). 



Taeniorhynchus septempunctata, Theobald. 

 Mansonia septempunctata, Theobald. 



Theobald, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung., Ill, p. 187 (1905); 

 Mon. Culicid., IV, p. 494 (1907); V, p. 448 (1910). 



Additional Localities. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field 

 {Dr. Giblin), Mekeo District {Dr. Breinl). 



Taeniorhynchus uniformis, Theobald. 



Mansonia uniformis, Theobald. 

 Panoplites uniformis, Theobald. 

 Panoplites australiensis, Giles. 



Theobald, Mon. Culicid., II, p. 180 (1901); Giles, Hand- 

 book, Gnats, 2nd ed., 355 (1903); Blanchard, Les Moust., 

 p. 379 (1905) ; Neven-Lemaire, Archiv. Parasitologic, 10, 

 p. 266 (1906-7). 



Additional Localities. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field 

 {Dr. Giblin) ; Milne Bay {Dr. Breinl). 



Taeniorhynchus papuensis, n. sp. 



Palpi brown scaled ; proboscis yellowish brown with apical third 

 deep black. Thorax brown. Abdomen dark brown, dark brown 

 scaled. Legs unhanded. Wings not mottled. 



$. Head brown with pale creamy narrow curved scales and flat 

 creamy ones on the sides with numerous dusky brown upright 



