392 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XTII 



Head brown, with scattered grey scales, and a slight frontal tuft. 

 Palpi dark brown, those of J with a pale spot in the middle : those of 

 S slightly longer than the proboscis, with four yellowish bands, and 

 dense tufts of hair in the middle and at base of the fourth joint. Legs 

 dark brown with yellowish knee spots, and subapical bands on the 

 femora, ventral segments pale, with apical black spots. Abdomen of <? , 

 very narrow at base. Length. — About 10 mm. 



Habitat. — Throughout Europe, also found in the Lower Himalayas, 

 and doubtfully recorded from America. 



5. CULEX FICALBII, Noe. 



(Boll. d. See. Ent. Italiana, xxxi, p. 231 (1899).) 



Plate XV, fig. 1, Wing of ? ; 13, ant. abd. segs. of <? contrasted with 

 those of C. annulatus ; 14, Fore and mid claws of ^ contrasted 

 with the mid claws of C. annulatus. 



Closely resembles C. annulatus, but the wing tufts are less 

 distinct, and the other markings less brilHant. It differs in the 

 femora having no subapical yellow garters ; the mid claws of <? 

 have two accessory teeth on the smaller claw and the anterior 

 abdominal segments are somewhat differently marked {vide 

 contrasted figures). In the specimens sent to the museum by 

 Prof. Grassi the scales on root of II. are very long, but it is 

 difficult to make out any tufted spots ; but this may be the result 

 of rubbing. The stems of the fork cells are also proportionally 

 short, especially the hinder. Length. — About 12 mm. The wing 

 of the $ in this museum is the largest I have traced. 



Habitat. — Italy, found only at Macarese and Pato. 



6. CULEX SPATHIPALPIS, Eond. 



(Dipt. Ital. Prodro. vol. i. (188G) llondani ; Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. p. 242 (1890) ; 

 Venti Spec. Zan. Ital. p. 146 (1899), Ficalbi.) 



Plate XV, fig. 23, Wing of ? ; fig. 24, Cephalic appendages. <? ; 25. 

 External genitalia, (J . 



Presents a close general resemblance to C. annnlatvs, but 

 has only three tufted spots on the wings, those at the bases of 

 the fork cells being wanting, but it is certainly distinct, the <? 

 palpi being entirely different, ehoiier than the proboscis, but 

 little tufted, and spatulate, the last two joints being expanded 

 much as in Anopheles. The orbits and a median line on the 

 head are white and the thorax has an indistinct median white 



