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Tile tlionix is bniwii, ((ivcrccl witli clic|) golden lirowii scales, anil some pale ereaniy 

 ones, the latter usually form two mon- oi- less distiiut spots on the mesonotum, there are 

 also paler seales in frnnt of tlic seutellum, over llu- mots of the wiiij^s, three rows of hlack 

 bristles anil numy over the hase of the wings. The prohoseis is deep hrown at the husu 

 and towards the end, the middli' forming a liroad pale hand, the extreme apex is testaceous. 



Tile ahdomen is brown with basal semi-circular median yellow patches und basal 

 lateral white spots. 



The legs brown, the segments with apical and basal pale bands, except the last tarsal 

 in tile fore and mid legs, which are all dark brown. rngues in female all equal and simple. 

 Ill the male the proboscis has a narrow nicdiaii pale band; the jiaipi are brown, longer 

 than the proboscis by nearly the last two scgiueiits, apical scgim iit acuminati' with a narrow 

 yellow apical band an<I a broad basal mu', the piiiultiinatc segment also with a basal yellow 

 band, the antepenultimate with a broad, pale ImihI and a narrow one towards its base, hair 

 tufts on the last two segments and the apex of tlir antepenultimate, long and black ; fore 

 and mid ungues uii('i|ual, i'otli miiscrratc. hind iiiual ami simple. 



Tile Siiclan s|)ecinieii measured ")■."> iinri. 



Culex 

 Iulc<ilatfr.-ilis 



Cul,:,- Inteohdendis, Tiu ub. Mono. Culicid. II., p. 71 (1901) 



A single ^ of this very marked species, in bad condition, has been sent by Dr. ]?alfour. 

 The only variation from the type is that the distribu1ii>ii of the ycljuw and black vein scales 



is slightly diflferent. 



Tile species can at once be told 

 from any other known iSudauese 

 mosquito. 



Tlie liead lias naiTow-curvcd 

 golden scales in the middle, flat 

 ocjireous and dusky ones at the 

 sides; the proboscis is black and the 

 palpi orange sealed at the base, black 

 at the tip. 



The thorax is deep black with a 

 iiroad line of lirigllt orange-yellow 

 scales on each side of the mesonotum, 

 there are also a few scattered gold 

 scales amongst the narrow dull brown 

 liiiis tliat adorn the middle of the 

 mcsouutum. 



The abdomen is black with violet 

 nilretions and with basal creamy 

 K.r.. 36.--CULKX LUTHOLATKKAL.s, Thcob. ? yellow bauds to ths segments, and 



also small lateral basal spots. 

 Legs dull ochreourt with brown scales, unhanded, but the base and venter of the 

 femora are oehreons; fore and mid ungues equal and uniserrated, hind equal and simple 

 in the female. In the male the fore and mid ungues are unequal, both uniserrate, hind 

 ei]Ual and simple. 



The wings, in the type, are clothed with black and yellow scales, black on the costa and 



