MOSQUITOS COLLECTED IN PALESTINE. 395 



€ulex hortensis, Fie. 



Although I was on the look out for this species in Palestine, very few were found. 

 Some females were taken at Haifa in May 1920. No doubt it is common enough 

 in some parts of the country. At Damascus, in July 1919, larvae of this and of 

 C. tipuliformis were dipped from the same pool. It appears to be absent from 

 Egypt. 



Culex mimeticus, Noe. 



Not uncommon in suitable localities in Palestine, Syria and Cilicia, but absent 

 from Egypt. The larvae have been found associated with those of A. superpictus. 



Palestine : Wadi Hamish. Syria : Beirut. Cilicia : Bozanti. 



[Culex modestus, Fie] 



This was not met with, but is likely to occur, since it has been found in Macedonia 

 and Egypt. 



Theobaldia longiareolata, Macq. 



One of the commonest gnats in Egypt, Palestine and Syria. It is so universal 

 that it is hardly necessary to give localities. This and the following species were 

 found up to 4,500 feet in the Lebanon Mountains. 



The larvae abound in water-barrels and other receptacles in gardens, surface 

 wells, and covered and uncovered tanks and cisterns. 



Theobaldia annulata, Schrank. 



Much less common than the last-named, and absent from Egypt. 



The strongly marked type form was taken at Eamleh, Palestine, and at Ain 

 Sofar, Lebanon Mountains. In the Jordan Valley at 1,000 feet below sea- level, 

 I found some specimens of a pale variety which agree with the Mesopotamian 

 form, referred to in my paper on mosquitos of that region (Bull. Ent. Res. x, p. 325, 

 1920). 



Theobaldia morsitans, Theo. 



At the end of April 1920 some larvae were found in a pool at the bottom of a 

 small quarry at Haifa. The species was not met with elsewhere. 



[Taeniorhynchus richiardii, Fie] 



This species has been found in Palestine, at Jell Zahmul, Huleh, by Dr. J. Cropper, 

 but was not met with by the author. 



ilranotaenia unguiculata, Edw. 



Widely distributed in Egypt, and found in parts of Palestine. The larvae as a 

 rule are only to be found in the larger swamps. 



My thanks are again due to Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall, Director of the Imperial 

 Bureau of Entomology, and Mr. F. W. Edwards, of the British Museum, for assistance 

 in the identification and synonymy of certain of the species and forms mentioned 

 above. Also to Mr. G. Storey, of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, for informa- 

 tion as to the distribution of mosquitos in Egypt. 



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