224 F. W. EDWARDS — NEW SYNONYMY 



Tribe 3. Culicini. 



(a) Aedes Group. 



Pardomyia, Theo. 



Mon. Cul. iv. p. 280 (1907). 



6. Pardomyia aurantia, Theo. 



Pardomyia aurantia, Theo., Mon. Cul. iv, p. 280 (1907). 



Ekrinomyia aureostriata, Leic, Cul. of Malaya, p. 71(1908). 

 In Dr. Leicester's collection in the British Museum are 3 <$ and 4 Q cotypes 

 of E. aureostriata ; the females agree exactly with the type of P. aurantia. 

 This genus closely resembles Mucidus except in the scaling and the shorter female 

 palpi. 



Mucidus, Theo. 

 Mon. Cul. i, p. 268 (1901). 



7. Mucidus laniger (Wied.). 



Culex laniger, Wied., Dipt. Exot. i, p. 9 (1821). 

 Mucidus mucidus, Leic. {nee Karsch), Cul. of Malaya, p. 69 (1908). 

 This much resembles the true M. mucidus, but the second joint of the hind 

 tarsi is entirely brown, instead of being white with a brown tip. 



Armigeres, Theo. 

 Mon. Cul. i, p. 322 (1901). 



Desvoidya, Blanch., C. K. Soc. Biol, liii, p. 1046 (1901). 



Desvoidea, Theo., Mon. Cul. iii, p. 134 (1903). 



Blanchardiomyia, Brim., Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 440 (1912). 

 Although the name Armigeres appears to be meaningless, there seems no reason 

 why it should not be used, as there is no risk of confusion with Armiger, which 

 is not the same word. Blanchard's Desvoidya, on the other hand, is preoccupied 

 by Desvoidia (Meade, 1892), and on this account Brunetti proposed the name 

 Blanchardiomyia for the present genus. It is interesting to notice how an error 

 committed by one author becomes perpetuated. Theobald first spelt Blanchard's 

 name wrongly (as above) ; later when compiling his fascicle of the " Genera 

 Insectorum " he relies on his previous work, and, noticing the error in spelling, 

 attributes it to Blanchard instead of to himself ; Brunetti subsequently copies 

 this inaccurate statement. This genus is regarded (for the present at least) as 

 distinct from Stegomyia, owing to the peculiar structure of the larvae and of the 

 male genitalia. I can discover no definite character, however, by which the 

 female adults can be distinguished from Stegomyia, Ochlerotatus, or Aedes. 



