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antice pauUo depressus. AIpo angustfe, elongatse, incumbentes, ab- 

 dominis longitudine, apud venas squamosa?. Abdomen pilosidiim, 

 thorace duplo longius. Pedes graciles, sat longi, subnudi, iiiermes ; 

 tibiae tenuiter spinulosa?, ungues parvi. Mas. Antenna? plumosse. 

 Forceps analis modice longa. Fcem. Antennae breviter pilosae. For- 

 ceps analis l)revis. 



Body elongate, small, pubescent. Head small. Eyes transversely 

 lunate, connected above the antennae. Proboscis porrect, as long as 

 the antennae. Palpi very short. Antennae fourteen-jointed, porrect, 

 filiform, as long as the thorax. Thorax slightly convex, rather de- 

 pressed in front. Wings elongated, narrow, incumbent, as long as the 

 abdomen ; veins fringed with scales, similar in structure to those of 

 Culex. Halteres small. Abdomen slender, slightly pilose, twice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs slender, unarmed, rather long, nearly bare ; 

 tibiae minutely spinulose ; ungues small. Male. Antennae plumose. 

 Anal forceps moderately long. Fern. Antennae pilose ; hairs short. 

 Anal forceps short. 



The only known species of this genus frequents marshy spots, 

 and the larva is probably aquatic. 



1. cinereus, HofFm.; Meig. Zw. i. 13. 1 (1818); Mcq. ; Stjeg. ; 

 Zett. ; Lehm. Cinereus, thorace rufo-hirto, alls immaculatis, femori- 

 bus pallidioribus. Long. 2-2|^; alar. 4 lin. 



Eare. Found by the Rev. Leonard -Tenyns, in Cambridgeshire, 

 and by Mr. Haliday in tlie county of Cork. (E. I.) 



Genus II. CULEX. 



Culex, Meig. Zw. i. 1 (1818); Steph. ; Curt. ; Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zett. ; 

 Staeg. Culex p., L. ; F. ; D. G. ; tfchr. 



Corpus elongatum, mediocre, pubescens. Caput parvum. Oculi trans- 

 versira lunati, supra antennas conjunct!. Proboscis porrecta, anten- 

 nis paullo longior. Palpi porrecti, 5-articidati. Antennae 14-arti- 

 culatfe, porrectac, filiformes, thoracis longitudine. Thorax elongatns, 

 subconvexus. Scutellum parvum. Ala? angusta?, elongatae, lanceo- 

 latiu, incumbentes, apud venas squamosae, abdominis longitudine. 

 Abdomen angustum, segnientis octo, tliorace duplo longius. Pedes 

 longi, graciles, subnudi, inermes ; coxa? breves ; tibiae tenuiter spi- 

 nidosae ; tai'si postici praesertim longissind ; ungues parvi. Mas. 

 Palpi prohoscide paullo loiujiores. Antennae verticillato-plumosae. 

 Pcem. Palpi hremssimi. Antennae breviter verticillato-pilosju. 

 Body elongated, pubescent, brown, grey, or testaceous, of moderate 

 size. Head small. Eyes transversely lunate, connected above the an- 

 tennae. Proboscis porrect, a little longer than the antennae. Palpi 

 five-jointed, porrect. Antennae fourteen-jointed, porrect, filiform, as 

 long as the thorax. Thorax elongated, sbghtly convex. Scutellum 



