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near the base of the fourth and a very few along the course of 

 the vein. Besides these and the scaling on the costa and sub- 

 costal and first long vein there are no other dark scales on the 

 wing. 



Tn the feathering of the hind legs and the markings of the 

 legs generally it resembles the female. 



Abdomen as in the female. 



Length, — 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Ainpang Jungle, six miles from Kuala Lumpur, 

 Federated Malay States. 



Time of capture, — June 27th." 



Observations. — A very distinct small Anopheline, the hind 

 femoral tufts easily distinguishing it. 



Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Genus NYSSORHYNCHUS. Blanchard. (nov. nom.) 



Laverania. Theobald. Journ. Trop. Med., Vol.11., 



p. 181 (1902). 



Nyssorhynchus. Blanchard. C. r. Soc. Biol., 

 Vol. XXIIL, p. 795 (1902). 



Mono. Culicid. III. p. 92, (1903) Theobald ; Gen. Ins. Fam. Culicid. p. 10 

 (1905) Theobald ; Les Moust. p. 202 (1905) Blanchard. 



Only two new species have been described in the genus since 

 vol. iii. appeared, one by Miss Ludlow (philippinensis), another 

 by myself (nivipes). 



Thirteen species are known to date : — 



1. Nyssorhynchus maculatus, Theobald, Mono. Culicid. Vol. I., p. 171 



(1900) (India, Fed. Malay States). 



2. N. tlieobaldi, Giles, Ent. Mo. Mag. p. 178 (1901) (India, Aden Hin- 



terland). 



3. N. stephensiy Liston (= metaboles, Theo.), Ind. Med. Gaz. Vol. XXXVI., 



p. 12, Dec. (1901) (India). 



4. N. fuliginosus, Giles, Hand-Book of Gnats, p. 160 (1900) (India, Fed. 



Malay States). 



5. N. maculipalpis, Giles, idem. (2nd ed.), p. 297 (1902) (India, Mauritius 



and Mashonaland). 



6. N. pretoriensis, Theobald, Mono. Culicid. Vol. III., p. 99 (1903) 



(Pretoria, Natal). 



7. JV. willmori, James, idem, Vol. III., p. 100 (1903) (Kashmir, Malay). 



8. N. karwari, James, ibidem, Vol. III., p. 102 (1903) (Karwar, Goa and 



Fed. Malay States). 



