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  DR. 
  L. 
  H. 
  GOUGH. 
  

  

  The 
  resemblance 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  published 
  description 
  of 
  A. 
  hispaniola 
  is 
  

   remarkable, 
  the 
  only 
  difference 
  apparently 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  vestiture 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  

   scutellum. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  of 
  A. 
  multicolor 
  show 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  covered 
  with 
  

   hairs, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  above 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  in 
  others 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  above 
  entirely 
  

   covered 
  by 
  scales. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  indubitable 
  specimens 
  of 
  A. 
  hispaniola, 
  but 
  

   seeing 
  that 
  Edwards 
  (Bull. 
  Ent. 
  Kes. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  249) 
  places 
  Pyretophorus 
  myzomyfacies 
  as 
  

   a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Myzomyia 
  hispaniola, 
  the 
  difference 
  of 
  the 
  vestiture 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  generic 
  difference 
  between 
  Myzomyia 
  and 
  Pyretophorus, 
  can 
  no 
  longer 
  

   be 
  valid. 
  Colonel 
  Alcock 
  (Synopsis 
  of 
  Anopheline 
  Mosquitoes, 
  Journ. 
  London 
  

   School 
  Trop. 
  Med. 
  ii, 
  p. 
  161), 
  quoting 
  James 
  and 
  Liston, 
  suggests 
  that 
  A. 
  chaudoyei 
  

   may 
  also 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  synonomous 
  with 
  A. 
  turkhudi, 
  with 
  which 
  opinion 
  I 
  agree, 
  

   as 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  descriptions 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  of 
  

   specific 
  value, 
  seeing 
  the 
  great 
  variation 
  in 
  our 
  series. 
  

  

  Myzomyia 
  azriki, 
  Patton, 
  only 
  differs 
  from 
  A. 
  multicolor 
  in 
  the 
  entirely 
  dark-fringed 
  

   wings. 
  This 
  again 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  constant 
  character, 
  my 
  specimens 
  varying 
  from 
  having 
  

   distinctly 
  yellow-spotted 
  fringes 
  to 
  having 
  uniform 
  dark 
  fringes. 
  

  

  In 
  Egypt, 
  Anopheles 
  turkhudi 
  normally 
  breeds 
  in 
  brackish 
  water 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  reared 
  it 
  

   from 
  water 
  containing 
  2 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  salt. 
  At 
  Helouan 
  it 
  breeds 
  freely 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  

   brook 
  of 
  highly 
  saline 
  water 
  ; 
  its 
  larvae 
  are 
  however 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  stagnant 
  collections 
  

   of 
  brackish 
  water. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  possibly 
  a 
  malaria-carrier, 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  Anopheles 
  

   that 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  in 
  numbers 
  from 
  Kharga 
  Oasis, 
  where 
  malaria 
  is 
  very 
  prevalent 
  

   and 
  where 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  very 
  abundant. 
  

  

  The 
  revised 
  synonomy 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  continuous 
  range 
  from 
  Tenerirle 
  

   and 
  Spain, 
  through 
  Algiers, 
  Egypt, 
  Arabia, 
  Cyprus, 
  Baluchistan 
  to 
  India, 
  

  

  Localities 
  : 
  Wadi 
  Natroun 
  (Donitz), 
  Cairo, 
  Meadi, 
  Helouan, 
  Suez, 
  Kharga 
  Oasis, 
  

   Baharia 
  Oasis. 
  

  

  4. 
  Anopheles 
  cullcifacies, 
  Giles. 
  

  

  Pyretophorus 
  sergenti, 
  Theobald. 
  

   Pyretophorus 
  palestinensis, 
  Theobald.* 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  range 
  continuously 
  from 
  Algeria, 
  through 
  Egypt, 
  

   Cyprus 
  and 
  Palestine 
  to 
  India 
  and 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Localities 
  : 
  Helouan 
  (brackish 
  water), 
  Baharia 
  Oasis, 
  Siwa 
  Oasis, 
  Kharga 
  Oasis. 
  

   Bather 
  rare. 
  

  

  5. 
  Anopheles 
  mauritianus, 
  Grandpre. 
  

  

  Localities 
  : 
  Alexandria, 
  Damietta. 
  Not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  Delta. 
  

  

  6. 
  Stegomyia 
  fasciata, 
  Fabricius. 
  

  

  Localities 
  : 
  Port 
  Said, 
  Cairo, 
  Meadi, 
  Fayoum, 
  Suez. 
  Not 
  rare. 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  queenslandensis, 
  Theo., 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Suez. 
  

  

  7. 
  Stegomyia 
  SUgens, 
  Wiedemann. 
  

  

  Locality 
  : 
  Nubia 
  (Wiedemann). 
  Possibly 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  Egyptian, 
  as 
  the 
  

   original 
  record 
  (1828) 
  may 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Sudan. 
  

  

  * 
  [After 
  examining 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  P. 
  palestinensis, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Edwards 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   certainly 
  not 
  synonymous 
  with 
  A. 
  cuticifacies, 
  but 
  is 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  turkhudi, 
  and 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  it. 
  — 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  