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sometimes short and broad ; palpi densely scaled in the 2 and 
also the proboscis. Wild species breeding in swampy ground. 
Larvae with much branched frontal hairs. Mostly large and 
dark species. 
Myzorhynchus bancroftii. — Giles (1902). 
2 . Head black, with dark narrow curved and forked upright 
scales ; antennae, palpi, and proboscis deep black, the two latter 
densely scaled ; thorax black, with rather dense, long, golden 
brown hairs ; pleurae mottled, with black and pale brown. 
Abdomen black, with golden brown hairs : venter black. Wings 
deep black, with a small white interruption of the costa apposite 
the middle of the fork-stems and a slightly larger patch of white 
at the apex ; veins dusky and white scaled, the former predomi- 
nating ; twc prominent white areas on the sixth long vein, on 
the other veins are here and there scattered white scales, but 
never enough to form a well marked pale area ; fringe with pale 
areas where the veins join the costa, except at the end of the 
sixth. Legs black, the tarsi with very small apical pale bands. 
Length, 7 mm. 
I found this large black mosquito in scrubs from Caboolture 
to Enoggera, biting fiercely ; it is never plentiful ; it can be 
told immediately it settles on you from its dark colour and dark 
black shaggy palpi ; I allowed several to bite me before boxing 
them, and kept them in confinement in hope that they would 
oviposit ; they, however, died in a day or two. 
The eggs and larvae and males have never been seen. 
N YSSORH YNCHUS.— Blanchard ( 1 902) . 
Thorax with narrow-curved and spindle-shaped scales. 
Abdomen with ventral scales and also scales on the apical seg- 
ment and sometimes dorsal apical patches. W T ing scales bluntly 
lanceolate, short, some more elongate and narrow ; palpi densely 
scaled. Legs banded and spotted with white, the hind tarsi 
usually with one or more pure white joints. * 
The larvae are mostly pot and puddle -breeding species, 
but some breed in marshes ; the adults mostly domestic, but 
some are wild. f£ 
The scales on the abdomen vary ; some are small and spatu- 
late, others long and thin ; some have a fair number of abdominal 
scales, others only on the apical segment ; they are never as 
prominently scaled as Cellia, nor are the wing scales similar. 
N yssorh ynchus annulipes. — Walker (1850). 
$ . Head black, with? white" scales in front and duskv scales 
behind ; eyes dark ; antannae dark brown, with band of white 
scales and pale hairs ; palpi slender and long, with white and 
brown bands ; proboscis slender, covered with small dark scales 
