426 GNATS OK MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIII 



Head brown : palpi of ? , brown, the small fourth jouit bro\vnish- 

 black with a white apex ; in the <? , longer than the proboscis, slightly 

 clubbed, brown, with pale rings at the base of the last three joints, hair 

 tufts maroon-brown, pale at their apices ; antenna.' of tlie $ , brownish- 

 black ; in the <? , with maroon-brown plumes, with pale reflections ; basal 

 joint with white scales : a white border round the eyes. Pleura; speckled 

 white. Legs clotlied with mixed white and black scales, the former 

 preponderating on the femora, except at tlie base and apex, tibiie darker. 

 Fore tarsal claws of ^ , with two extra teeth to the larger, and one on the 

 smaller claw. Leiuith. — 7 to 8 nnn. , 



Habitat. — Italy. 



64. CULEX PULCHRIPALPIS, Eondani. (" F. V. S." p. 172). 



Last hind tarsal joints entirely white, the rest nearly black, 

 with rather narrow pale bands on the articulatfions, rather indis- 

 tinct on the fore and mid legs. Thorax with brazen-yellow scales. 

 Abdominal segments chocolate-brown, with rather narrow tarsal 

 bands, expanding into triangular lateral spots. Palpi of g , 

 about length of the proboscis, with the last joint entirely white, 

 and three white rings. 



S . — Head yellowish and brown ; antennse brown, with white scales 

 on the basal joint. Pleurae grey, sprinkled with white scales. Legs 

 generally dark but with white knee-spots, and the bases and undersides 

 of the femora pale ; the apices of the tibia; participating in the upper- 

 most tarsal bands. Length. — Including the proboscis, 7 to 8 mm. 



Habitat. — Italy. Kedesci-ibed by Ficalbi from a single J specimen 

 in Rondani's collection, but not noted by any other author. 



BAyOED-LEGGED SpECIES, INADEQUATELY DESCRIBED, AND HENCE OF 



ONLY Nominal Status. 



65. CULEX CASPIUS, Pallas. 



r= C. parvus, Macquart (?). 

 (Reisen derch das Russiscb. Reich. Pallas ; Nou. Suit. ;\ Buffon, Hist. Nat. 

 d. lus. Dip. t. i (1834), Macquart.) 



Like C. pipicns, but a little smaller, with the same buzz and ferocity ; 

 greyish. The thorax with cinereous stripes ; tarsi indistinctly banded ; 

 covered with short pubescence, the wings also with delicate fringes on 

 tlie veins and margin. Antenna; filiform ui both sexes ; proboscis longer 

 than thorax, its sheath snowy white ; palpi very short, scarcely as long 

 as the head, thick. 



Habitat. — Marshes near the Caspian Sea ; treacherous, very common 

 and numerous. 



