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linienartigen Striemen; Brustseiten gelblich. Jeder Hinterleibsabschnitt an der 

 Basis mit weisser Binde. Fliigel wasserklar mit braunen Schiippchen, und in 

 gewisser Richtung weisslichen Fransen des Innenrandes. Beine in gewisser Rich- 

 tung bin und wieder weisslich. In meiner Sammlung. 



OEiGiNAii Description of Anopheles februginosus : 



Ferruginosus ;abdomine fusco; alis immaculatis. Rostbraun; Hinterleib scbwarz- 

 lichbraun; Fliigel ungefleckt. 2 1/2 Linien 5 Aus Neu-Orleans. 



Say Journ. Acad. Philad. iii. 10, 2: Cul. quinquefasciatus.* 



F'iihler und Taster braun, diese dunkeler mit an der Wurzel wenig schneeweissen 

 Gliedern. Riichenschild gesattigt rostbraun, nur in gewisser Richtung, besonders 

 von hinten betraclitet, weisslich, und dann linienformige Striemen zeigend. Hin- 

 terriicken ohne Striemen. Hinterleib braunschwarzlich, gelbichbehaart. Fliigeladern 

 braunbeschuppt; Schwinger fast weiss mit braunem Knopfe. Beine kiirzer als bei 

 der vorigen Art, schwarzlichbraun, mit gelblichen Schenkeln. In meiner Sammlung. 



* Alle von Thorn. Say aufgefiihrten Arten babe icb, ausser sebr wenigen mit t bezeicbneten, 

 nacb den Originalien selbst beschriebcn. 



Original Description of Culex flavipes : 



Fuscus : capite tJioraceque squamis auratis; alis flavicantibus, squamis tlavis. 



Long. 2 1/2 1. $. 



Trompe brunatre. Abdomen jaune (prive d'ecailles), pieds d'un fauve pale. 



Du Chili (Concepcion), rapporte par M. Durville. Museum. 



Get individu, presqu'entierement prive de ses ecailles, se rapproche du C. pipiens. 



Original Description of Culex cubensis : 



Culex. Pallide flavus, capite flavo; oculis piceis : antennis flavis, pilis flavicantibus ; 

 thorace, duabus vittis ferrugineis, abdomine pallide flavo, incisuris obscurioribus, 

 pedibiis pallide flavis; incisuris tarsisque dilute fuscis; alis hyalinis marginibus 

 villosis. Longit. 4-6 millim. 



Hailase en la coleccion de M. Guerin-Meneville. 



Las descripciones demasiado concisas y las mas veces del todo insuficientes, dadas 

 per los autores relativamente a los insectos del genero culex, no nos permiten 

 decedir con certeza si esta especie habia sido estudiada anteriormente, y en la duda, 

 resolvemos a publicarla como neuva. 



Original Description of Culex penafieli: 



Culex sp. nov? c?, $. Flavus, capite rufo, antennis fusconigris, palpis ct rostri 

 parte apicale fuscis, thoracis dorso ex flavo ferrugineo abdominis marginibus seg- 

 mentorum singulorum posterioribus plus minusve lutein, femoribus apicem versus 

 tibiis tarsisque fuscis; alae hyalinae, venis fuscotomentosis. Long. corp. 6-7 mm. 



Original Description of Culex skusii: 



Wings unspotted; tarsi uniformly coloured; thorax orange-brown, with four lines 

 of golden hairs, as in C. Bancroftii. Abdominal segments violet-black, with narrow 

 ochreous basal bands. Distinguished from the preceding by certain trifling dif- 

 ferences of wing venation and its lighter colour. The resemblance to C. ciliaris ap- 

 pears much less marked. 



Description from " S. A. C," p. 1748. Length of antennae c? 2.14 mm.; $ 2.54 mm.; 

 expanse of wings c^ 4.06 X 1.01 mm.; $ 4.56 X 1.13 mm.; size of body (^ 5.58 X 1.01 

 mm.; $ 5.58 X 1.18 mm. 



J' and $ Antennae light brown; scapus ocherous, except apical half of second 

 joint; in the (^ more than three-fourths the length of the palpi, basal half of flagellar 

 joints, saving the last whitish; in the $ somewhat longer than the proboscis. Head 

 brown or ocherous brown (when denuded), densely clothed with golden hairs and 

 scales. Proboscis ochre-brown scaled, dark violet at base and towards the end; in 

 the $ about seven times the length of the palpi. Palpi of the (^ light ochre-brown, 

 with faintly violet scales, the fourth joint with a pale naked yellow ring at the base; 

 in the $ violet-black-scaled. Thorax generally orange-brown, sometimes darker 

 (when denuded) densely golden scaled, in fresh specimens, transversed by four fine 

 naked lines, arranged as in C. Bancroftii (No. 14, p. 221) ; sides and back of thorax 

 densely beset with long golden hairs; pleurae orange-brown, frequently very pale, 

 with a few small, often indistinct, white scaled patches; scutellum yellowish or 

 brownish, golden scaled and fringed with long golden hairs; metanotum ochreous. 

 Halteres pallid or ochre-yellow, the club more dusky. Abdomen more than twice the 



