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afternoon from about 1 to 3 p.m., but that in the morning they 
rest on the walls and clothing, especially dark clothing, where 
they are easily caught. You will observe, he says, that I have 
caught them at all hours of the day and even late at night.” 
Dr. Lutz calls this insect the Spotted Day Mosquito. 
Synonymy. — S. fasciata has, I find, been described under at 
least sixteen different names. I believe at least two others can 
be added to this long list of synonyms, but without seeing the 
types one cannot possibly say. The following I have verified by 
personal examination : C. calopus, Meigen; a specimen so named 
from Portugal is in Bigot’s collection, now in Mr. Verrall’s 
possession; it is much worn, but cannot be mistaken. Mr. 
Yerrall has also other S. fasciata from Portugal. Meigen 
described the species from that country, it being in bad con¬ 
dition. The type of calopus is in the Jardin des Plantes in 
poor condition, but recognisable as fasciata. C. exagitans, 
formosus, zonatipcs viridifrons, excitans, and inexorabilis, all of 
Walker, are the same; the types of these spurious species are 
in the old British Museum collection, all in a bad state, but 
nevertheless sufficient remaining to show them all to be this 
cosmopolitan species, in spite of the discrepancies shown in his 
various descriptions, due mainly to imperfect or rubbed specimens. 
C. mosquito of Arribalzaga is clearly fasciata from the figure 
in his work. C. Bancroftii, Skuse, is also fasciata , the species 
being very common in Australia. 
Ficalbi described the same insect under the name C. elegans, 
and Giles under the name C. Bossii. 
I fancy C. Konoupi of Brulle is only this species, but I cannot 
trace the type. Desvoidy’s C. frater was proposed for Wiede¬ 
mann’s fasciata, Desvoidy considering Wiedemann’s specimen to 
be distinct from Fabricius’; the difference in the descriptions 
being due to Fabricius taking the palpi for the proboscis. 
Fabricius in 1805 (Syst. Anti. 36, 13) described C. fascialus. 
“ The thorax transfixed by too thick a pin, but shows a light 
stripe, which appears snow-white in certain lights,” says Fabricius. 
Probably this line was one of the four lines seen in typical 
specimens of what is generally taken as Wiedemann’s taeniaius. 
There were no hind legs to the specimen; the other parts 
agree well with taeniatus, except the abdomen is described as 
being “ lighter brown,” which does sometimes happen in rubbed 
specimens. 
What has generally been taken to be Fabricius’ species in Cuba 
