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  inner 
  face 
  a 
  rather 
  large 
  hairy 
  median 
  lobe, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle 
  two 
  rather 
  long 
  spines, 
  close 
  together, 
  placed 
  on 
  tubercles. 
  Gaspers 
  rather 
  

   stout, 
  curved, 
  grooved 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side, 
  terminal 
  claw 
  stout 
  and 
  rather 
  short. 
  

   Tenth 
  sternites 
  strong, 
  black, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  sharp 
  point. 
  Parameres 
  very 
  small 
  ; 
  

   mesosome 
  of 
  two 
  lobes, 
  each 
  apparently 
  with 
  a 
  singte 
  small 
  subapical 
  tooth. 
  

  

  I 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  available 
  evidence 
  suggests 
  that 
  L. 
  lateralis 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  

   in 
  Aedes, 
  perhaps 
  in 
  a 
  distinct 
  subgenus. 
  

  

  I. 
  — 
  The 
  Culicid 
  Fauna 
  of 
  New 
  Caledonia. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Culicidae 
  in 
  New 
  Caledonia 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  

   Laveran 
  (C.R. 
  Soc. 
  Biol., 
  lii, 
  p. 
  568, 
  1901), 
  who 
  describes 
  Culex 
  kermorganti, 
  and 
  

   mentions 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  other 
  species, 
  among 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  Anopheles. 
  

   Later, 
  Theobald 
  (Nova 
  Caledonia, 
  i, 
  p. 
  164, 
  1913) 
  records 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Culex 
  

   jcpsoni, 
  Theo., 
  C. 
  noctumus, 
  Theo., 
  and 
  Chrysoconops 
  acer, 
  Theo., 
  and 
  describes 
  as 
  

   new 
  Culex 
  noctumus 
  var. 
  niger. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  other 
  records 
  of 
  

   New 
  Caledonian 
  mosquitos. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  collection 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Paul 
  D. 
  Montague 
  in 
  1914, 
  

   and 
  the 
  specimens 
  comprising 
  it 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

   Five 
  species 
  were 
  included, 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  among 
  those 
  previously 
  recorded, 
  

   two 
  others 
  being 
  the 
  common 
  domestic 
  species 
  Culex 
  fatigans 
  and 
  Aedes 
  argenteus. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  necessary 
  changes 
  in 
  nomenclature, 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Culicid 
  fauna 
  of 
  New 
  

   Caledonia 
  as 
  now 
  known 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mucidus 
  konnorganti 
  (Laveran). 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Stegomyia) 
  argenteus, 
  Poiret. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  {Ochlerotatus) 
  vigilax 
  (Skuse). 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Finlaya) 
  notoscriptus 
  (Skuse). 
  

  

  T 
  aeniorhynchus 
  (Coquilleltidia) 
  brevicelluhts, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  Culex 
  sitiens, 
  Wied. 
  

  

  Culex 
  fatigans, 
  Wied. 
  

  

  Rachionotomyia 
  caledonica, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Mucidus 
  kermorganti 
  (Laveran). 
  

  

  Culex 
  kermorganti, 
  Laveran, 
  C.R. 
  Soc. 
  Biol., 
  liii, 
  p. 
  568 
  (1901). 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Seguy, 
  of 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  for 
  enabling 
  me 
  to 
  examine 
  

   two 
  female 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  for 
  presenting 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  This 
  latter 
  specimen 
  is 
  from 
  Calama, 
  1869 
  (Delacour). 
  The 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  rather 
  small 
  and 
  all 
  closely 
  appressed, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  

   the 
  species 
  appears 
  very 
  distinct 
  from 
  its 
  congeners. 
  Apart 
  from 
  this 
  striking 
  

   difference, 
  however, 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  extremely 
  similar 
  to 
  M. 
  altemans 
  (Westw.), 
  the 
  

   structural 
  characters 
  and 
  colour 
  markings 
  being 
  the 
  same. 
  An 
  analogous 
  case 
  is 
  

   that 
  of 
  Psorophora 
  ciliata, 
  F., 
  and 
  Ps. 
  ctites, 
  Dyar, 
  which 
  differ 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner. 
  

  

  Aedes 
  (Ochlerotatus) 
  vigilax 
  (Skuse). 
  

  

  Culex 
  vigilax, 
  Skuse, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N.S.W. 
  (2) 
  iii, 
  p. 
  1731 
  (1889). 
  

   Culex 
  marinus, 
  Theobald, 
  Mon. 
  Cul. 
  i, 
  p. 
  396 
  (1901). 
  

   . 
  Culex 
  pseudovigilax, 
  Theobald, 
  Mon. 
  Cul. 
  iv, 
  p. 
  382 
  (1907). 
  

   Culex 
  annulifcrus, 
  Ludlow, 
  J.N.Y. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  141 
  (1903). 
  

   Culex 
  ludlowi, 
  Blanchard, 
  Moustiques, 
  p. 
  630 
  (1905). 
  

   Culex 
  noctornus, 
  Theobald, 
  Mon. 
  Cul. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  159 
  (1903). 
  

   Culex 
  noctitrnus 
  var. 
  niger, 
  Theobald, 
  Nova 
  Caledonia, 
  i, 
  p. 
  164 
  (1913). 
  

  

  Although 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  males 
  only 
  from 
  Queensland 
  and 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  I 
  have 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  above 
  names 
  refer 
  to 
  one 
  species. 
  Since 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  breed 
  

   habitually 
  in 
  sea-water, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  surprising 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  attained 
  a 
  wide 
  

  

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