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i.e., abiut twice the length of the eggs still floating at the surface 
of the water. Sometimes these little larvae seem to hang from 
the surface of the water tail upwards, close to the remaining 
eggs. 
“ Sunday, Dec. 8th. Two or three tiny larvae, look almost as 
fine as a spider’s web. Gave them a fresh stalk of swamp grass. 
They seemed to get round it at once. 
“ Monday, Dec. 9th. Some larvae seem to be growing a little 
in girth. Egg shells all appear empty. Larvae are darker at 
their heads and tails, and also at a short distance from their 
heads. The rest of the body is white, almost transparent.” 
Toxorhynchites speciosa. Skuse (1888). 
Megarhinus sjpeciosus. Skuse (1888). 
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1722 (1888), Skuse; Mono. Culicid. I., 228 
(1901); III., 124 (1908); Anns. Queensland Mus., No. 8, 16 (1908), 
Bancroft. 
Port Denison, Mackay, Queensland. 
Additional localities. —Port Darwin and Kuranda (Fred 
Dodd); Thursday Island (Mrs. Eyre); North Percy Island (Mr. 
Try on) ; in many scrubs from Cabooltrae to Moreton Bay and 
Enoggera (Dr. Bancroft). 
Notes .—-Dr. Bancroft says the following regarding this 
beautiful species : “It is not a biting mosquito. To obtain 
good specimens it is advisable to hatch out the larvae, which 
may be found in scrubs, in crevices in trees holding a pint or 
so of water. The larvae are red in colour, very large and 
voracious, devouring other mosquito larvae found in similar 
situations, e.g., those of Scutomyia notoscripta and Culex occi¬ 
dentalis. They are to be found occasionally in water-butts, 
about habitations situated near jungles or scrubs. I have 
obtained them by hanging up or nailing to trees large jam-tins 
filled with water and rotten leaves. The eggs are laid singly.” 
Toxorhynchites metallicus. Leicester (1904). 
The Entomologist, XXXVII., 87 (1904), Leicester; Mono. Culicid. 
IV., 144 (1907), Theobald. 
Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States. 
Type in the British Museum 
