FAM. CULICIDiE u 



the hind tarsi usually with one or more pure white segments. Wing scales bluntly lanceolate, short, 

 some more elogate and narrow. Adults mostly domestic, a few sylvan. Larvae mostly pot and puddle 

 breeding species, a few breed in marshes. 



Geographical distribution of species. — This genus centains some i3 species found in Asia 

 and Africa only. 

 i. -V. maculatus, Theobald. Mon. Culic. Vol. i, p. 171 (1901) (India, Federated Malay States) . 



2. -V. tkeobaldi, Giles, Ent. Men. Mag. p. 19S (1901) (India, Aden Hinterland). 



3. .V. stepkensi, Liston, Ind. Med. Gaz. Vol. 36. p. 12, Dec. (1901) (India). 



metabohs. Theobald. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Vol. 69, p. 374 (1902). 



4. N . fiiliginosus, Giles, Hd. Book of Gnats, p. 160 (1900) (India, Federated Malay States). 



sii. Listen non Theobald), Ind. Med. Gaz. p. 411' Dec. (1901). 

 Uucopus, Donitz, Ins. Borse, p. 37 (1901). 



5. N. maculipalpis, Giles, Hd. Book of Gnats. (2 ed.)p. 297 (1902) (India, Mauritius, Mashonaland). 



vat . indiensis, Theobald. Mon. Culid. Vol. 3, p. 99 (1903) (India). 



6. N. pretoriensis, Theobald, idem. Vol. 3. p. 99 (1903) (Pretoria). 



7. A r . willmori, James, Mon. Culid. Vol. 3. p. 100 (1904) (Kashmir). 

 S. N. harwari, James, idem. Vol. 3, p. 102 (1903) (Karwar, Goa). 



9. N. annulipts, Walker, Ins. Saund. Vol. 1, p. 433 (i85o) (Australia). 

 10. .V. master i, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, p. 1757 (1SS9) (Australia). 

 n. N. nivipis, Theobald, The Entom. p. 208 (igo3) (Federated Malay States). 

 12. X.jamesii, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 134 (1901) (South India). 

 i3. N. philipphunsis, Ludlow, Journ. New York. Ent. Soc. Vol. 10, p. '128 (Sept. 1902) (Philippine Islands). 



I I. Genus CELLIA, Theobald 



Cellia. Theobald, Mon. Culid. Vol. 3. p. 107 (igo3). 



Characters. — Thorax with flat spindle shaped scales ; abdomen more or less covered with long 

 narrow-curved or spindle shaped scales irregularly disposed and with dense lateral tufts; palpi of 9 

 densely scaly. Wing scales large, bluntly lanceolate; densely scaled. 



This genus is easliy told by the dense irregular abdominal scales. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Six species only occur and are limited to Africa, 

 India, the West Indes, East Indes and South America. 



Two species at least are connected with malaria (pharoensis and argyrotarsis). 



sis, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 169 ( 190 1) (Central, Western and Northern Africa and 

 Palestine . — Plate I, Fig. 4. 



2. C. puhherrima , Theobald, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Vol. 69, p. 369 (1902) (Lahore, India). 



3. C. squamosa, Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 167(1901) (Central Africa, S. and W. Africa). 



4. C. hochii, Donitz, Ins. Borse, Vol. 5, p. 18. 3i, Jan. (1901) (Fed. Malay States ; Sumatra, Java, Philip- 



pine Islands.i. 



5. C. argyrotarsis, Robineau-Desvoidy, Essai sur les Culicid. p. 411 (1827) (West Indes and S. America). 



■arsis, Arribalzaga, Dipt. Agent, p. 36 (igoi). 



.. .aitts. Wiedemann. Aussereurop. Zweifl. Ins. p. i3 (1828). 



6. C. albipes. Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 1, p. 125(1901) (West Indes, Brazil, British Guiana). 



12. Genus ALDRICHIA, Theobald 



Aldrichia. Theobald, Mon. Culic. Vol. 3, p. 353 (igo3)'. 



Characters. — Thorax with narrow-curved, almost hair-like scales; outstanding flat scales on 

 the prothoracic lobes. Abdomen with complete armour of large flat scales in Cidex. Head with large and 

 broad upright scales. 



