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Monterey, Mexico. One female and four males (the latter 

 much abraded), bred by Dr. Joseph Goldberger. 

 Type. No. 8029, U. S. National Museum. 



Culex nivitarsis, n. sp. 



9- Black, the thorax and scutellum brown, the first antennal joint, 

 halteres, coxae, femora and tibiae yellow, the hind tarsi white and with a 

 faint median brownish band on the three middle joints. Scales of palpi 

 brown, those on the basal portion yellow, on the apex white; scales of 

 upper part of occiput golden yellow, on the sides and lower part chiefly 

 white, those on the rnesonotum golden yellow, on the abdomen purple, 

 those on the extreme bases and front angles of the segment's yellowish, 

 including all on the seventh and following segments, those on the venter 

 white. Scales of legs brown and whitish, not forming bands or spots, 

 those on the first two pairs of tarsi brown and with white ones on the 

 narrow bases and broad apices of the first two joints as well as on the 

 narrow bases of the remaining' joints of the middle tarsi; scales of the 

 hind tarsi almost wholly white; all tarsal claws toothed. Wings grayish 

 hyaline, the scales brown, lateral scales of the veins narrow and almost 

 linear, petiole of first submarginal cell about two-thirds as long as this 

 cell, hind cross-vein about its own length from the small. Length 4 mm. 

 $. Palpi slender, black, a broad band in middle of first joint and bases 

 of the following joints white, proboscis reaching almost to apex of penul 

 timate ioint of palpi. Front and middle tarsi with one of their claws 

 bidentate and the other unidentate, hind tarsal claws also unidentate; 

 some of the brown bands on the hind tarsi quite distinct, especially the 

 one on the third joint. Petiole of the first submarginal cell almost as long 

 as that cell. Length 4.5 mm. Otherwise as in the female. 



Paterson, New Jersey, May 12. A specimen of each sex sub 

 mitted by Dr. J. B. Smith, to whom they have been returned. 



Culex pullatus, n. sp. 



9- Near punctor and impiger, but the bristles of the scutellum are 

 chiefly black instead of yellow, etc. Black, the halteres and femora largely 

 yellowish. Scales of palpi black, those on the occiput pale yellow, the 

 upright ones in the middle yellow, those on the sides and the bristles 

 black. Scales of the rnesonotum golden yellow, the sides with a few 

 lighter colored ones, the bristles and those of the scutellum chiefly black. 

 Scales of abdomen black and with a tinge of violet, a crossband of whitish 

 ones at base of each segment, dilated at each end, scales of venter whitish, 

 a few black ones in hind angles of the segments. Scales of coxae and on 

 lower part of anterior, and posterior sides of the femora yellowish white, 

 on upper part of femora and toward their apices chiefly black ; scales of 

 tibise blackish and mixed with a few yellowish ones, those on the tarsi 

 blackish; all tarsal claws toothed. Wings hyaline, the scales brown, 

 lateral scales of the veins narrow and almost linear, petiole of first sub- 



