Genus Nyssorhynchus. 97 



Nyssorhynchus annulipes. AValker (1850). 



Anopheles annulipes. Walker (1850). 



Anopheles musivus. Skuse (1888). 



Anopheles musicus. Giles (1902). 



Ins. Samid. I, p. 433 (1850), Walker; Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 p. 1754 (1889), Skuse; Handbk. Gnats, 2nd Ed. p. 313 (1902) Giles. 

 Mono. Culicid. I., p. 164 (1903) and III., p. 104 (1903), Theobald; 

 Revis. Anop., p. 44 (1904), Giles. 



This Anopheline oviposits singly as in all of this group. 

 Dr. Bancroft has recently sent specimens from St. George, 

 S. W. Queensland. 



Nyssorhynchus willmori. James (in Theobald) (1903). 

 Anopheles willmori. James (1903). 

 N. ivillmorei. James (Blanchard) (1905). 



Mono. Culicid. III., p. 100 (1903), Theobald; Eevis. Anop., p. 42 (1904), 

 Giles; Les Moust. p. 624 (1905), Blanchard. 



Additional locality. — Pundalnoya, Ceylon (E. E. Green). 



Mr. E. E. Green sends me specimens of this species from 

 Ceylon and calls it the " Instep-biting mosquito." Taken 

 in July. 



Nyssorhynchus maculatus. Theobald (1901). 

 Anopheles maculatus. Theobald (1901). 



Mono. Culicid. I., p. 171 (1901); III., p. 96 (1903), Theobald; Handbk. 

 Mosq., 2nd ed., p. 301 (1902), Giles; Les Moust., p. 207 (1904), 

 Blanchard; Mono. Anop. Ind., p. 99 (1904), James and Liston; Eevis. 

 Anop., p. 42 (1904), Giles. 



This species is the type of the genus. 



"Larva. — Frontal hairs, simple and unbranched. Palmate 

 hairs are borne by the second to seventh abdominal segments ; 

 the terminal filament of each leaflet is very short." (?) (James 

 and Liston). 



Additional localities, given by James and Liston. — Lahore, in 

 March and April ; in the Bengal Duars in August to September ; 

 and at Kurseong at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



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