fas A Monograph of Culieidae. 
worn and faded specimens, for all recent material from there 
and Ceylon shows the thorax to be ornamented. Careful 
examination has shown the African specimens I described as 
a distinct species, owing to the marked thoracic ornamentation, 
under the name Africanus, to be the same as those from India. 
A worn specimen was at the same time sent from Australia, 
which was in too bad a condition to attempt to differentiate. 
This specimen was described by Colonel Giles as P. Australiensis. 
Fresh Australian material in the form of two perfect 9’s have 
since been received from Dr. Bancroft ; these show it to be 
identical with the Indian and African specimens, with a few 
minor exceptions. The name Australiensis must therefore sink 
as a variety only of unzfornus, characterised as follows :— 
Variety Australiensis ; like the type, only there is a median 
silvery grey scaled line in the mid brewn area of the thorax, and 
there are more pale areas to the fore tibiae. The insects are also 
somewhat larger, but there are no structural peculiarities. 
Habitat.—South Queensland, Australia (Dr. Bancroft). 
Additional localities for type. — Uganda, Central Africa 
(Dr. Moffat, per Dr. Daniels, Dr. Low, Dr. Christy, etc.) ; Fort 
Johnson, Zomba, British Central Africa (Dr. Gray) 10.3.00 ; 
McCarthy Island, Gambia, caught in a bed-room in June, July 
and August (Dr. Burdett); White and Blue Niles, at Kanessa 
on the former, at Rosaires on the latter, Sudan ; Bahr el Ghazal 
(Capt. Cummins) ; Lagos (Dr. Strachan) ; Jaffna, Ceylon (E. E. 
Green); Dacca (Lieut.-Colonel Macrae); Perak (Dr. Wright) ; 
Touggourt, Algeria (Dr. Chaudoye) ; Natal, Pinetown Bridge 
(Major Mow, R.A.M.C.). 
Notes.—This seems to be one of the most abundant Central 
African Culices, occurring in numbers around the Albert and 
Victoria Nyanzas. It is the most common form at Entebbe and 
along the lake-shore in Uganda and Busoga, writes Dr. Low. 
It occurs In swamp and forest, and, according to Dr. Moffat, bites 
there severely. In Natal it is most troublesome during rains. 
(Moir). - 
MANSONIA ANNULIFERA. Theobald. 
- Panoplites annulifera. Theobald. 
(Mono. Culicid. II., p. 183, 1901.) 
Additional localities—Dacca (Lieut.-Colonel Macrae) taken 
in a village cowshed; Perak (Dr. Wright): Simgapore 
(Dr. Durham). 
