('.02 Miscellaneous. 



In I'ontrast io this chaiiLro, those crocodiles wliidi were :ula])tt'(l 

 to a wanu-hlooclftl iliet survived until the Miocene Period, and 

 oidy retired to the tropics when the climate became so cold that 

 the palms vanished out of Europe. 



April 12th, 1922.— Prof. A. C. Soward, Sc.D., F.Il.S., President, 

 and afterwards Ur. 11. 11. Thomas, V.P.G.S., in llie Cliair. 



The following communication was read : — 



' Olii^ocene Mosquitoes in the British IVIuseum, with a 

 Summary of our present Knowledge concerning Fossil Culicida?.' 

 ]}v F. W. Edwards, B.A. (Communicated b}' the Secretary.) 



The material dealt with in this paj^er is in part the propei'ty of 

 the Geological Department of the British Museum, and in part 

 belongs to Mr. U. W. Hooley, F.G.S. The study of it was under- 

 taken by the Author at the suggestion of Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 and by permission of the Keeper of the Department. All the 

 specimens are from the Oligocene of the Isle of AVight. 



The result of the study confirms what was already known of the 

 Oligocene Tnsect-fauna. The genera appear to be inseparabh; 

 from those living at the present day, and the indications supplied 

 bv some of the species suggest a fauna similar to that of the 

 Ethio])ian and Oriental regions at the i)resent day. 



Xo light is thrown l)y the fossils on the phylogenetic history of 

 the Culicidje, nearh' all the recent types being represented in the 

 Oligocene fauna, and no peculiar forms occurring. The genus 

 Anopheles, however, has not been found, ])robably because of its 

 comparative rarity. 



The three species described from the Oligocene of the Isle of Wight 

 by Prof. Cockerell are discussed in detail, and are referred to the 

 genus Aciles in the broad sense. Two new species, one of Gulex 

 and one of Tcsniorliij nclius, are described. 



A critical summar}'^ is given of our present knowledge of fossil 

 Culicidfe. No fossil that can be positively referred to this family 

 is 3'et known from tlie Mesozoic. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 A Correction. By Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. 



In my article in the May number of this Magazine on the Arctiinai 

 of Pani, I described a. new species under the name of liobinsonia 

 mossi on page 480, quite overlooking the fact that I had already 

 given this name to another species on page 458. I therefore 

 rename the species on page 480 Rubinsonia milesi. 



