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NOTES ON THE MOSQUITOS OF MADAGASCAR, 



MAURITIUS AND REUNION. 



By F. W. Edwards, 



{Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Through the kindness of Mons. E. Seguy, of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle,. 

 Paris, I have recently been enabled to examine a considerable number of mosquitos 

 from Madagascar and the neighbouring French islands, including the types or co- 

 types of all the species described from Madagascar by Ventrillon. As the examination 

 of this material has disclosed the existence of several species hitherto unrecorded 

 from these islands, as well as some new synonymy, it has been thought desirable 

 to record the results at once. In the following pages all the species of mosquitos 

 hitherto known from this region are dealt with. The total number is only 28, as 

 compared with about 180 in the African fauna, so that it is highly probable that 

 further collecting would produce many others. 



Anopheles mauritianus, Daruchy de Grandpre & d'Emmerez de Charmoy. 



Ambatofanghera and Ambohipomana {Bouet, 1905); Tananarive {Neiret and Ven» 

 trillon, 1904 ; Bouet 1905). 



The commonest Anopheles in Mauritius, according to d'Emmerez. 



Anopheles maculipalpis, Giles. 



Occurs rarely in Mauritius {d'Emmerez de Charmoy). 



Anopheles squamosus, Theobald. 

 Cellia tananariviensis, Ventrillon. 

 According to Ventrillon this is by far the commonest Anopheles in Madagascar, 

 and his statement is certainly borne out by its abundance in the collections which 

 I have examined. No constant difference was observable between Madagascan and 

 African specimens. 



Anopheles pharoensis, Theobald. 



A single specimen, much damaged but undoubtedly this species, from Tananarive 

 {Ventrillon, 1905). 



Anopheles funestus, Giles. 



Four females from Moratsiazo, Lac Itasy {Bouet, 1904). 



Anopheles marshalli, Theo. 



Females from Tananarive {Neiret, 1904, and Ventrillon, 1905) and Ambohipomana 

 (Bouet, 1905). 



Anopheles transvaalensis, Carter. 



Two females from Tananarive {Bouet, 1905). 



