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Habitat. —Freetown, Sierra Leone (E. A. Austen); Mashona- 
land (Marshall); Corsica (Bigot); Nubia (Wiedemann). 
Time of capture .—October in Freetown (Austen). 
Observations .—Two specimens of each sex were brought back 
from Sierra Leone by Mr. Austen. It is a species easily 
identified by the four white or silvery thoracic spots. It is 
undoubtedly Wiedemann’s species, described by him from Nubia. 
It seems to be a widely distributed African species, as numbers 
have also been sent from Mashonaland, and, in all probability, 
it will be found to occur in many other parts of Africa, from 
Nubia southwards. The larvae are found in roadside puddles, 
according to Mr. Austen, who bred the species at Sierra Leone. 
Wiedemann does not mention the last tarsal joint of the hind 
legs being white, but I have seen specimens in which this is 
almost absent. 
Synonyms .—This species is the same as Bigot’s C. vittatus, 
described from Corsica, which has basal white abdominal bands, 
not apical, as Colonel Giles states (Gnats or Mosq. ii. p. 228). 
The type of vittatus is in excellent preservation in Bigot’s collec¬ 
tion, now in Mr. Yerrall’s possession, who has kindly placed his 
specimens at my disposal. 
