416 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIII 



45. CULEX YEXANS, Meigen. 



= C. articulatus, Rondani. 



[Syst. Bcschr. vi, 241, IG, Meigen; Dipt. Scand. ix, 346i, Zett. ; Isis (1831), 

 1203, 50, Rutbe; Fn. Austr. ii, G27, Schiucr ; Dipt. Neer. 325, V. d. 

 Wulp; Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 258 (189G), Ficalbi, aud Vcnti Specie Zan. 

 Ital. p. 125 (1899), Ficalbi; Sp. Ital. d. Gen. Culex, Bull. Soc. Eut. 

 Ital. (1872), Rondani (= artiailahis).'\ 



Tarsal joints all more or less narrowly basally white banded 

 except the last. Thorax unadorned, dark grounded, with golden 

 scales. Abdomen brown, with basal white bands, narrowed in 

 the middle. Tarsal claws all with an extra tooth in both sexes ; 

 those of fore and mid legs of J , markedly unequal. Hook of 

 claspers of 3 , bifid [vide Plate xvi, fig. 13). 



Head brown, with j'ellowish scales ; palpi of ? , brownish-black, with 

 a small fourth joint, with a few pale scales, those of J , brownish-black, 

 longer than the proboscis, and pale at the bases of the joints ; proboscis 

 yellowish-brown, darker at the base and tip ; antennse brown. Thorax 

 unadorned, clothed with pale golden scales ; pleurs with patches of white 

 scales. Abdomen brownish, with basal white bands, narrowed in the 

 middle. Wings with yellowish-brown veins. Legs with the coxae 

 brownish, with white scales ; femora brown, yellowish at the base and 

 beneath ; tibiie slightly spinose, browai. Venter yellow with a dark 

 median line. Length. — About 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Has been recorded from most parts of Europe, but doubt- 

 fully so from England. 



46. CULEX CANTANS, Meigen. 



= C. stimulans, Walker ; = C. maculatus, Meig. ; = C. fumipennis, Stephens. 



(Syst. Beschr. i, G, 6, Meigen ; Dipt. N. d. Fr. 160, 2, Macq. ; Ins. Lapp. 806, 

 3, Zett. ; Dipt. Scand. ix. 3461, Zett. ; Fn. Austr, ii, 627, Schiner ; Dipt. 

 Necr. 326, Van dcr Wulp ; Ins. Brit. Dipt, iii, 246, Walker ; Bull. Soc. 

 Ent. Ital. p. 258 (1896), Ficalbi; Syst. Beschr. i, 6, 7 ( = Maculatus), 

 Meigen.) 



Tarsi black, with some white scales intermixed on the first 

 joints ; the first three of the fore, upper four of the mid, aud all 

 the hind joints basally white banded, very broadly so on the last. 

 Thorax unadorned, dark grounded, with golden-yellow and brown 

 curved linear scales, rather paler in front of the scutellum. 

 Abdominal segments nearly black, with pale yellow basal bands, 

 broadening laterally so as to almost or quite meet in some speci- 

 mens ; venter white. All of the J tarsal claws with one extra 

 tooth and also the fore claws of the $ . (Plate xvi, fig. 12). 



