Horváth Géza (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 3. (Budapest 1905)
Theobald, F. V.: A catalogue of the Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum with description of new genera and species
66 FRED. V. THEOBALD I believe the Mosquitoes will be found to rival in number of species any of the other dipterous families, for every collection sent me brings new species. Of the known species only some seventy occur in the National Museum at Budapest, but although the collection is small it is rich in types. Most of the new species have come from New Guinea and other neighbouring Islands, the Malay States. Bolivia and Peru, countries (except Malay) from which I had not previously seen any Mosquitoes. In describing the new species I have followed the same plan as that adopted in my «Monograph of Culicidae». Not only are new species described here, but also some previously known ones which I had not seen before, so as to have uniform descriptions of all the known species drawn up for comparison. Amongst the latter are Culex vexans MEIG., Culex modestus FIC. and Gmbhamin piiicritarsis BOND. The collectors name is given in brackets and also the date of capture when such has been recorded on the labels. I have also added in small print the general distribution of each species. The types are in two forms (I) pinned specimens and (II) balsam preparations to show minute structure, such as wing-scales, ungues, palpi etc. The following genera are represented in the National Collection : Anopheles MEIG., Myzorhynchus BLANCH., Myzomyia BLANCH.. Cellia THEOB.. Megarrhinus BOB.-DESV., Toxorhynchites THEOB., Mucidus THEOB., Janthinosoma ARRIB., Stegoiayia THEOB., Scutomyia THEOB.. Skusea THEOB., Desvoidea BLANCH.. Theobaldia NEVEU-LEMAIRE, Culex LINN., Melanoconion THEOB., Grabhmina THEOB.. Taeniorhynchus ARRIB., Mansonia BLANCH., Phoniomyia THEOB., Aedes MEIG.. Uranotaenia ARRIB.. Sabethes BOB.-DESV., Sabethoides THEOB., Doidromyia THEOB., Aedeomyia THEOB., Joblotia BLANCH.. Ft id ay a THEOB., Corethra MEIG. To these I now add seven new genera : Kertészia, Birónella, Lepidotomyia, Lophoceratomyia, Trichopronomyia, Leptosomatomyia and Polylepidomyia. Thus with the seven new genera the collection has representatives of thirty five genera out of seventy that have been described. By far the most interesting specimens are those coming in the new genus l.ophoceratomyia in which very peculiar structures occur on the antennre of the d" . What their function is cannot even be guessed at, the structures are clearly altered and modified verticillate hairs. The following is a list of genera and species found in the collection :
