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on all till' lliinl loiij; Vein, on thu briinclu's of the fuiirtli ami sonic on tin- sixtli, all tlie rest 

 (lull yi'llowisli with a few ilusky scales In re ami there. First suhniurginul cell longer and 

 inirrower than tiu- second posterior cell, its base nearer the base of the wing tlian that of 

 the second posterior cell, its stem less than one-half the length of the cell; posterior 

 cross-Vein more than its own length distant from tiie mid cross-vein. 



In till' Sudan specimen the yidlow scales are confined In tin I'.isc of the first 

 longitudinal vein and along tlu' stem of the (iftli long vein, and a fiw may be detected 

 here and there elsewhere. 



Li'initlt of !j Sf) to \■^^ nnn. ; T If) to 5 mm. 



Iliibittil. Masjiciiialund, Natal, Transvaal, (iairdiia. Sicira liCone, Malav States. 



The Sudan specimen came from the JMue Nile (Mr. Friedrichs). This insect has 

 evidently a wide distribution for I can sec no difl'erence between those from Africa and 

 those from the JIalay States. ])r. Aubrey J lodges has recently written me that it is 

 common around Gondokoro. 



Ciili'.r iieurel, n. sp. 

 Cuicx neavei Head bniwn with H grey patrli cju each side ; proboscis deep brown, uidiandcd. Thorax 



adorned with ricli golden-brown scales. Abdomen brown, unhanded, but the segments with 

 few scales at their base giving a (]uasi-banded appearance, all the segments with basal 

 lateral white spots. Legs brown, unbaiided, the femora pale grey ventrally and at the base ; 

 the hind metatarsi and tibiaj of ecjual length ; wings of typical Culex form. 



Fi'iiKilr. Head brown, clothed with narrow-curved pale grey scales amongst wlii(di are 

 numerous uj)right black forked scales (the general eit'ect being brownish when seen with the 

 hand lens only), on each side a patch of flat white scales ; clypeus, palpi (Fig. 37, B 1) and 

 proboscis deep brown; antennae browiiisli blaik, the basal segment paler with a few pale 

 scales. Thorax deep brown with narrow-curved goldi'ii-brown scales all sloping backwards 

 with two more or less distinct parallel median bare lines, brown bristles which are numerous 



over the roots of the wings; prothoracic 

 lobes with grey scales; scutellum pale 

 brown willi narrow-curved greyish scales 

 and brown liordcr-bristles ; metanotum 

 pale clustnut-brown ; pleune pale grey 

 with a few pale scales. 



Abdomen pale greyish - brown 

 covered with deep brown scales, which 

 are thinly disposed at the base of the 

 segments which thus present a faint 

 false banding; basal si'gmcnt pallid 

 with two patches of dark bro«ni scales 

 from which arise two groups of short 

 golden-brown hairs whiidi curve out- 

 wards, and numerous longer pale-brown 

 hairs from the body of the segment ; posterior bnrdtr-bristles of irregular sizes, indistinct, 

 dull, pale and dusky-brown ; each segment has prumimnt basal white lateral spots. 



Legs deep brown, nnbaiidi d, fi nmra all pale grey below, the hind ones grey above at the 

 base as well, apex of the fcniura with a pale grey spot ; hind metartarsi and tibiie of equal 

 length ; ungues all equal and simple. 



Ftg. 37.- ? Palpi .-ind AntcnnnI Segment of (a) CnUx rtihiHotus, 

 n. »p., and (r) iSuUx M<avfi, n. sp. 



