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from the following widely separate localities : — Japan, Formosa, 
Hong Kong, Malay Peninsula, India, South and West Africa, 
North and South America, West Indies, Gibraltar, and I believe 
it to be the same as Ficalbi's Italian species C. elegans ; older 
records are from the Celebes, Java, etc. 
A very closely related form, which may only be a variety 
of it, is described by Skuse as C. Bancrofti from New South 
Wales ; specimens exactly answering to this species have been 
sent to the Museum from the West Indies and South America, 
which differ only from C. taeniatus in that the last tarsal joint 
has a black basal band instead of being pure white. 
Another widely distributed species is Culex mucidus Karsch, 
which is the same as Culex hispidosus of Skuse, and C. commovem 
Walker. C. mucidus was described from a male specimen from 
Delagoa Bay ; C hispidosus from a female from New South 
Wales, C. commovens from Australia. Specimens received from 
Dr. Bancroft clearly show that these are the same although 
occurring in such widely separate localities. Other instances of a 
similar wide distribution occur. 
A new genus which I propose to call Panoplites has been 
made for the reception of several species of Culex, three of which 
have previously been described, namely, Culex annulipes, Wlk., 
C. dives S chin er, and Taeniorhynchus taeniorhynchus Arri. Seven 
species of this genus have been sent in the collections from India, 
Malay Peninsula, South America, and Australia. The scales on 
the wing-field differ very materially from those of typical ( 'ulicidce, 
being in the form of broad flat plates. 
As many of the species of the genus Culex are very obscure, 
photographs of the wings and drawings of various parts are 
being prepared, and complete figures of the majority of species 
will also be given. 
Most of the collections have arrived in fair condition, some 
few have been attacked by mites, and one or two by mould. 
Specimens seem to travel best pinned to the cork of a small glass 
tube, firmly packed in cotton wool. 
