FAM. CULICIDjE 4 3 



Geographical distribution of species. — The genus is i _ epresented over most of the globe, 

 but the species nowhere seem abundant except in some parts of Africa. 



i. S. punctipennis, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. Vol. 3. p. 16 (North America, West Indes). 

 Corethra punctipennis. Say. 

 Cortthra tririttati.'Loew , Ent. Zeit. Stett. p. 3SS (iSS51. 



2. 5. plumicornis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Vol. 4. p. 246, 58 (1792) (Europe, North Amorica). 



lateralis, Latreille, Gen. Crust. Vol. 4, p. 247. 

 Iia/nitnsis, Gmelin, Syst. Xat. Vol. 5. 2S, 26, 101. 

 ?crystallina, De Geer. Ins. Vol. 6, p. 149, 20. 

 pilicornis, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. Vol. 2, 325, 49. 

 i.ir. americana, Johannsen. 



3. 5. ? nybltei, Zetterstedt. Ins. Lapp. p. S3o (Scandinavia, Riga?). 



Erioptera nyblai, Zetterstedt. 



tCoretkra pilipes. Gimmerthal. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, Vol. iS, p. 279 (1845). 



4. 5. pallida. Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Antl. Vol. 4. p. 240 (Europe). 



5. S. flavicans, Meigen. Syst Beschr. p. 24S (1S1S) (Germany). 



6. 5. asialica, Giles, The Entomologist, p. 196 (1901) (India). 



7. S. fusca, Staeger, Nat. Tidskr. Vol. 2. p. 556 (i83g) (Denmark). 

 - S. manillicnsis, Schiner, Reise Novara, Dipt. p. 3o (Manila). 



9. 5. rufa. Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapp. p. 80S (Lapland), 

 to. S. obscuripes, Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 2 1601 (Holland). 



11. S. pollens, Schiner (vide Theobald, Mori. Culic. Vol. 2, p. 307). 



12. S. antarciica. Hudson. Man. Ent. N Zeal., p. 43 (New Zealand). 



1 3. 5. braziliensis, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 2, p. 3o2 (1901) (Brazil). 

 14. S. ceratopogones, Theobald, idem. Vol. 3, p. 338 (1983) (Gambia). 

 i5. S. cornfordii, Theobald, ibidem, Vol. 3, p. 339 (1903) (China). 



16. S. appendiculata, Herrick, Minnesota Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. (1S84) (Northern America). 



17. 5. albipes, Johannsen, Bull. 68 Ent. iSNew York Sfate Mus. p. 398 (igo3)(Northen America). 

 i". S. queenslandensis, now sp. (1) (Bupengary, Queensland). 



4. Genus CORETHRELLA, Coquillett 



Corethrella. Coquillet, Journ. New York Ent. Soc. Vol. 10, p. 191. 



Characters. — Thorax, scutellum and abdomen and legs covered wifh long coarse hairs, many 

 being as long as the fore metatarsus. Antennae of cf thiklv covered with long hairs arranged all along 

 the shaft excepting in the apical half of the i3th and all of the 14th and i5th which have ouly short bairs. 

 The i5th or apical joint is slightly enlarged and conical. Antennae of the 9 has a circlet of a few long 

 hairs at the base of each joint and another irregular circlet of somewhat shorter hair on the middle of 

 it. Palpi and proboscis short, the former about twice as long as the latter. The metatarsus is longer than 

 the following joint and the tarsal claws are simple and much curved. 



Geographical distribution of species. — A single species only known. 

 1. C. brakeleyi. Coquillett. Ent. News. March, p. g5 (1902J (North America). 



5. Genus EUCORETHRA, Underwood 



Eucorethra. Underwood, Science Aug. 182 (1903). 



Characters. — Intermediate between Corethrella and Sayomyia having the antennae 14-jointedas 



1 S. queens/amiensis, nov. spec. 



Head grey; eyes black ; antennae grey with uscous bands, basal segment globular, yellowish-grey; hairs pallid; proboscis brown. Thorax pale 

 tawny with a medial and lateral bright chestnut -brown spots and with long pale golden hairs. Abdomen pale yellowish-brown, the apices of the segments 

 chestnut- brown ; hairs pale. Legs with the femora and tibiae with many alternate bands of brown and white giving a spotted appearance ; tarsi brown with 

 a few broad pale bands; hair}-. Wings with two brown spots near the costa and one at the basa of the fork of the fifth long vein and another at the apex of 

 per branch. Abdomen of male transparent white, with traces of dark apical bands. Tarsi deep brown with minute pale apical bands. - Length 2.5 

 to 3 mm. 



