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1. M. (?) mediolineata, Theo., First Rep. Welle Lab., p. 71 (1904); 



Etorleptiorrujia mediolineata, Theo., I.e. 

 Sudan ; Transvaal. 



2. M. (?) nigra, Theo., Second Rep. Welle. Lab., p. 80 (1906). 



Mansonia (?) nicjra, Theo., I.e. 

 It is not easy to see why Theobald did not include this species in Etorleptiomyia, 

 as the heart-shaped scales are even more pronounced than in M. mediolineata. The 

 unique Type is now very badly damag^ed, but is clearly distinct from the other 

 two species here associated with it. , 



Sudan. 



3. M. uniformis, Theo. {Panoplites), Mon. Cul. II, p. 180 (1901) (fig. 2). 

 The following are included here : — 



i»ian5o?iw a/rz'ca7!a, Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 187 (1901). 

 „ major, Theo., Mon. Cul. Ill, p. 270 (1903-). 

 „ nigerrima, Theo., Mon. Cul. V, p. 450 (1910), ' 

 In the form africana the two greyish stripes which are present on the thorax of 

 31. uniformis (typical form) are moi'e or less broken up into spots. The names 

 major and iiigerrima have been applied to forms in which the reddish-browa 



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Fig. 2. — Manscnnoides iniiforinis, Theo., $ ; side 

 view of head. Note structure of palpi. 



colour of the thorax is replaced by blackish, and the pale bands of the legs are 

 narrower than usual. These forms, however, grade into one another, and it seems 

 best to regard them as only varieties of 31, uniformis. 



Common throughout the Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions.. 



Genus Culiciomtia, Theo. 

 Mon. Cul. IV, p. 227 (1907). 

 Neomelanoconion, Theo., Mon. Cul. IV, p. 514 (1907>(raale only). 

 Pectinopalpus, Theo., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) V, p. 375 (1910). 

 I. C- nebulosa, Theo., Rept. Liverp. S. Trop. Med., Mem. IV, App., p. s. (1901), 

 (?) Culex invenustus, Theo., op cit., p. ix. (1901). 

 Culex cinereus, Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 58 (1901). 



„ 7ngrochaetac, 0,Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 60 i;i901). 

 „ pseudocinereus, Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 62 (1901)v 

 „ freetoicnensis, Theo., Mon. Cul. II, p. 69 (1901).. 



