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Habitat .—Makessar in Celebes, Weigiou, Mysol and North 
Ceram ; Ceylon, Tra van core (James), Malay Peninsula, Nilghirri 
(Hampson); Trincomalie, Hot Wells (Yerburgh); and Ceylon 
(Green) 
Time of capture. —Ceylon, in April (Green) ; Trincomalie, in 
July and August (Yerburgh). 
Observations .—This species was described by Walker in 
1860, and I believe that the specimen from which this descrip¬ 
tion is taken is the type, although it will be seen to not 
entirely agree with Walker’s description, which is appended 
below. 
The specimen in the British Museum is still fairly well 
preserved and is here figured. I fail to see that the caudal 
tufts consist of dark metallic blue, &c., as described by Colonel 
Giles ; * it is certainly black and golden. Walker’s | description 
is as follows : — 
“ Male, black; head and thorax with metallic green scales ; 
proboscis, palpi and legs purple; femora tawny beneath; middle 
tarsi with two white bands ; hind tarsi with one white band ; 
pectus* silvery ; abdomen blue, widening from the base to the 
tip, with small white tufts of hairs along each side; four larger 
black sub-apical tufts, two gilded apical tufts. Wings slightly 
greyish, blackish along the costa; veins black. Length of body, 
5 lines, of wings 8 lines.” 
Besides the type, I have examined a number of other 
specimens, both $ and $ , from various parts of Asia, where 
it seems to be a very plentiful species, occurring from Ceylon, 
through India, and down the Malay Peninsula to the East 
Indian Islands. 
Captain James tells me it bites very severely in S. India, and 
that its bite is very poisonous. It is known to the natives as 
the “ Stinging Elephant Mosquito.” I believe Thwaites C. 
Regius of Ceylon is this species.! Specimens of immisericors in 
the Hope Collection bear Thwaites’ name on the labels and 
come from Ceylon. I have been unable to find his description 
of M. ( C .) Regius. 
* HdBk. of Gnats, p. 130. 
f Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. iv. p. 61 (1S60). 
X Nat. Hist, of Ceylon, Tennant, p. 431 (1861). 
