3^6 GNATS OK MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIII 



IJ. Proboscis unbanded : 

 a. With the tarsi basally pale banded, but none of the jomts en- 

 tirely white = group III. 

 Ij. With the tarsi apically pale banded, but none of the joints 

 entirely white = group IV. 



c. With the tarsi banded on the articulations, but none of the joiiits 



all white = group V. 



d. With one or more of the tarsal joints entirely white = group VI. 



e. Witla the tarsi unadorned = group VII. 



GrOUX' II. — CULICKS WITH UNSPOTTED WiNGS BOX WITH THE 



Pkoboscis Banded. 



a. With the tarsal joints basally pale banded. 



i. The abdominal segments with pale basal bands and lateral spots. 



12. C. tiEniorhyiichus, Wied. Band on proboscis nearer the base 



than the apex, 

 ii. Abdommal segments with a pale median Une connecting pale 

 basal bands. 



13. C. solicit ans, Walker. Band on the middle of the proboscis 



broad and nearly white. 

 iii. Abdominal segments with pale basal bands only. 



14. C Vishnuii, Theobald. Band on proboscis, narrow, yellow, 



placed just outside the middle, hind tarsal joints banded. 



Both fore tarsal of ^ toothed. 

 lo. C. annul irostf is, Skuse. Proboscis with a broad white band 



on the middle third. Thorax unadorned. 

 10. C. Bancroftii. Very doubtfully in this group as the proboscis 



is not stated to be banded. Thorax with a distinct white 



adornment. 



17. C. sitiens, Wied. Band on proboscis yellow, narrow, outside 



its middle. Hind tarsi unbanded. 



18. C. tritceniorhi/ncJtus, s^j. n. A broad yellow band on jDro- 



boscis well beyond its middle, and with the tip, and a less 

 sharply-defined band near the base, of the same colour ; tarsal 

 bands very narrow. 



19. U. confinnis, Arribfll. Band on proboscis very broad and near 



the base ; a very small and dark-tmted species. 

 iv. With the abdominal segments apically pale-banded. 



20. C. albirostrifi, ]\Iacquart. The white band on proboscis 



occupies the greater part of its length, 

 vi. Abdominal segments with pale lateral spots. 



' 59. C. albitarsis, Theob., and 57. C. hngipalpis. Van der Wulp. 

 These species have two ill-defiued bauds on the proboscis, aud so might be 

 traced to this position. Their descriptions will be found below as their 

 probosces are more likely to be regarded as unbanded. 



