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Cnlex excitans, Walker, 1848. Culex frater, Rob. Desv., 1827. 

 „ exagitans, Walker, 1886. „ mosquito, Arrib., 1891. 



,, impatahilis, Walker, 1860. „ elegans, Ficalbi, 1896. 



,, zonatipes, Walker, 1861. „ rossii, Giles, 1899. 



,, hancroftii, Skuse, 1886. Stegomyia fasciata persistans, Banks, 1906. 



(Fabricius, Syst. Antl. 36. 13 (1805); Theobald, Monog. Culicid. i. 289, 1901, iii. 141, 1903, iv. 176, 1907 

 and V. 158, 1910.) 



Localities. Aldabra : Picard Island, 1908 — 9 (J. C. F. Fryer). Amirantes : Darros 

 Island, 13. X. 1905. *Seychelles : Port Victoria (Dr Denraan). 



General distribution. South America, Central America, Southern and Central North 

 America, West Indies ; Ceylon, India, Malay States, China, Japan, Philippine Islands, 

 East Indies ; Australia ; South, Central, North, East and West Africa ; Southern Europe ; 

 Madagascar ; Pacific Islands ; Fiji ; Mauritius ; Sandwich Islands, etc. 



An abundant and widely-spread household species which conveys yellow fever. More 

 abundant in the new than in the old world. 



2. Stegomyia scutellaris (Walker), (Text-fig. l). 



Culex scutellaris, Walker, 1859. 



„ variegafus, Doleschall, 1858; (non Schrank, 1871; non Blanchard, 1852). 

 ,, albopictus, Skuse, 1895. 



(Walker, .Journ. Linn. Soc. Lend., Zool. iii. 77, 1859; Theobald, Monog. Culicid., i. 298, 1901, iii. 144, 

 1903, iv. 179, 1907, v. 155, 1910.) 



Localities. Seychelles: Mahe ; marshes on coastal plain at Anse aux Pins, 1909; 

 near Morne Blanc, about 800 ft., 1908; Cascade Estate, about 1000 ft.; Long Island, 

 1908; Capucin (K P. Dupont)t ; Port Victoria (R. P. Dupont and Dr Denman)t ; 



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Fig. 1. Stegom7/ia scutellaris (WaXker), $ , wing. 



Silhouette, low cultivated country, IX. 1908. Praslin, 1908. Dennis Island, 1908. 

 Coetivy, 10. V. 1905. Amirantes: Desroches Island, 15. VIII. 1905. Chagos : Peros 

 Banhos Atoll (Diamant Island, 19. V. 1905). 



General distribution. Ceylon, India, Malay States, China, East Indies, Japan, 

 Formosa, Philippine Islands, Mauritius, Sandwich Islands. 



Note. Mr Scott gives the following notes : " Bites in daytime " ; " some bite in 

 forests in daytime." Some of the specimens were taken in 1905 on the H.M.S. " Sealark " 

 Expedition. 



* This record was included in the Monograph of the Culicidse of the World. 



t These records were originally given in the Monograph of Culicidas of the World. 



