Genus Culicada. 
303 
Observations .—The following notes are sent by Mr. Richard 
F. L. Burton, of Longner Hall, Shrewsbury :— 
“ May 12, 1909. d 
May 24, 1909. 2 d ’s 1 $ 
June 28, 1909. d 
June 29, 1909. d 
June 30, 1909. d & ? 
July 1, 1909. d & M 
July 2, 1909. d & ? 
July 3, 5, 10, 16, 17, 26. 
Aug. 6, 1909. d & $ 
Aug. 27, 1909. d & ? 
Sheltering in Moat Wood Latrine. 
Sheltering in sandstone quarry. 
Swarming under oak tree about a box bush, 
old garden. 
Swarming under oak tree about a box bush, 
old garden. 
Swarming amongst spruces by exit of 
house drain. 
Swarming amongst spruces by exit of 
house drain ; 9 p.m. 
Swarming amongst spruces by exit of 
house drain ; after sunset. 
d & ? Swarming amongst spruces by exit 
of house drain. 
Swarming amongst spruces by exit of 
house drain. 
Swarming amongst spruces by exit of 
house drain ; 7.30 p.m. 
“ I have never seen this fly attempt to bite. I had only found 
a few of them sheltering ( 9 and $) during 1906, 1907 and 1908, 
and did not keep the dates. The $ ’s swarm in lots of ten or a 
dozen at most.” 
Culicada quasimodesta. Theobald (1905). 
Culex quasimodestus. Theobald (1905). 
Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. III., 88 (1905) ; Mono. Culicid. IV., 345 (1907), 
Theobald. 
Sfax, Tunis. 
Type in the National Museum, Budapest. 
Culicada bicolor. Meigen (1818). 
Culex bicolor. Meigen (1818). 
Syst. Beschr. I., 9 (1818), Meigen; Mono. Culicid. IV., 347 (1907), 
Theobald. 
Austria ; Russia ; England ; Sfax, Tunis. 
