with Descriptions of New Species of Anophele*. 381 



Anopheles Lindesayii. (Giles.) 



'Hnd. Bk. of Gnats,' p. 166 (1900), Giles; ' Mono. Culicid.,' 1, 

 p. 203(1901), Theobald. 



Thorax ashy-grey in the middle, a dark brown stripe on each side, 

 with three dusky median lines and golden hair-like scales. Abdomen 

 black, with numerous pale and dark hairs. Costa black, with one 

 creamy patch near the apex ; veins mostly black scaled ; legs black ; 

 posterior femora with a broad white band in the middle. 



Length. 4'5 mm. 



Habitat. Bakloh, Punjaub; Naini Tal; Kurseong (Darjeeling) 

 Mussoorie. 



Observations. A very distinct species, at once told by the broad white 

 band on the posterior femora. 



Genus Toxorhynchites. (Theobald.) 

 1 Mono. Culicidae.,' 1, p. 244 (1901). 



This genus resembles Megarhinus, but the ? palpi are short and 

 thick, and three-jointed. Several species described as Megarhinus will 

 have to come in this genus, including the Indian species. 



Toxorhynchites immiscricors. (Walker.) 

 Megarhinus immiscricors. (Walker.) 

 Culex regius. (Thwaites.) 

 Megarhinus Gilesii. (Theobald, 1901.) 



'Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond.,' iv, p. 91 (1860), and vii, p. 202, Walker; 

 'Mono. Culicid.,' 1, p. 225 (1901), Theobald. 



This large mosquito, called the elephant mosquito, can at once be 

 told from other Indian Culiddce by the caudal tuft. Walker described 

 it as a Megarhinus. Not having seen the ? (as I imagined) when 

 my recent monograph of ' Culicidse ' went to press, I included the $ 

 in that genus. The ? 's have short palpi, and thus the species comes 

 in my genus Toxorhynchites, There is considerable variation in the 

 leg banding. The ? specimens I described as M. Gilesii I now find 

 are only Walker's species immisericors. 



Habitat. Travancore ; Trincomalie, Hot Wells ; Ceylon ; Celebes ; 

 Mysol ; North Ceram ; Weigiou ; Sikkim ; Burma. 



Genus Mucidus. (Theobald.) 

 ' Mono. Culicid.,' 1, p. 268 (1901). 



This genus can at once be identified by the curious twisted scales, 

 giving the insects a mouldy appearance. 



