Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
As in the case of the Tabanidae, which have already been described, the material upon which the following paper is based was collected by the author during the Palestine Campaign of 1917–18.
page 107 note † In 1918 this species was selected by Kieffer as the type of a new genus, which he briefly characterised (Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung., xvi, p. 135, 1918Google Scholar) under the name Holoconops, relying upon the number of joints in the antenna of the ♀ to justify a generic distinction. As was recently shown, however, by Mr. H. F. Carter in his admirable “Revision of the Genus Leptoconops, Skuse” (Bull. Ent. Res., xii, pt. 1, pp. 1–28, June 1921Google Scholar), it is impossible to accord to Holoconops, anything more than subgeneric rank.
page 107 note † For names and illustrations of colours used for descriptive purposes in the present paper, see Ridgway, , “Color Standards and Color Nomenclature” (Washington, D.C. Published by the Author, 1912).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
page 115 note * No species of this genus is actually known to suck blood.
page 116 note * “Mosquitos Collected in Palestine and Adjacent Territories,” by Captain Barraud, P. J., F.Z.S., F.E.S.: Bull. Ent. Res., xi, pt. 4, pp. 387–395 (March 1921).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
page 116 note † For the identifications of these the author has to thank Mr. F. W. Edwards.
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page 116 note § Figured by Edwards, , Bull. Ent. Res., vi, pt. 1, p. 24, fig. 1, i (June 1915)Google Scholar, as those of “S. aureum.”
page 117 note † For the definite determination of this species, the writer is indebted to Mr. F. W. Edwards.
page 117 note † Edwards, F. W, Bull. Ent. Res., xi, pt. 3, p. 236, fig. 6 (December 1920).Google Scholar
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page 120 note * In Galilee, in October 1912, according to Dr. N. Annandale, the present species was “by far the commonest blood-sucking fly on horses and cattle”:—cf. E. Brunetti, “Some Noxious Diptera from Galilee” (Journ. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, ix, p. 43, 1913Google Scholar).
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