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51. CDLEX TIBIALIS, Desvoidy (" Essai," p. 404). 



Tarsal joints with basal yellowish bands ; thorax fuscous with 

 grey tomentum, unadorned ; abdomen uniform black ; tibite black, 

 hirsute. 



Black, with cinereo-fuscous tomentum ; antennte yellowish-brown ; 

 femora pale yellow, with black cilia at the apex ; tibi* black with strong 

 hairs ; first joint of the tarsi with yellow cili^. Length. — 4 to 6 lines. 



^. — AntenniE yellow-brown; palpi and proboscis fuscous; body black, 

 with dusky grey tomentum. Femora of the colour of honey black and 

 hirsute at the apex ; tibiae intense black, robustly ciliate ; joints of the 

 tarsi honey-tmted, black at the apices. Wings rather dusky, the vems 

 with brown scales. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Observations. — Mr. Theobald thinks this may be a synonym of C. ■ 

 cimjulatus, Fabr. 



52. CULEX YITTIGER, Skuse (" S. A. C." p. 1728). 



Tarsi black, with basal white bands ; the first joints of the 

 fore and mid legs being almost all white, but the remaining 

 banding narrow except on the hind legs, on which it is fairly 

 marked. Thorax conspicuously adorned with two pairs of broad 

 yellowish-scaled stripes, alternating with equally wide black 

 •scaled lines. Abdomen mostly yellowish-grey, with some dark 

 scales across the middle of the anterior segments ; producing an 

 indistinct banding. Wings with fork of II a trifle inside that 

 of IV ; and 3 but little inside 4. Palpi of ? , large for a CiUex, 

 distinctly five jointed. 



^ . — Head brown with narrow curved, and erect, forked scales yellow ; 

 palpi with ochreous and brown scales. Pleurae densely covered with 

 whitish scales. Legs brown, yellowish at the base. Halteres yellow 

 with brown knobs. Length. — 6 mm. 



Habitat. — Bush country along East Coast of Queensland ; and N.S.W., 

 Australia. 



53. CULEX FLAYESCENS, Theobald (Monog. I, p. 410). 



Tarsal joints with ochreous l)asal bands, so broad as to 

 leave only narrow black tips. Thorax golden scaled. Abdomen 

 entirely covered with ochreous scales. 



$ . — Head densely covered with narrow golden-yellow curved, and 

 upright brown, and black, forked scales ; antennae yellowish at the base 

 brown apically, basal joint bright ochreous ; palpi ochreous with brown 



