430 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHATTER XIII 



Abdomen black, with basal creamy-wbite l)auds and large lateral 

 white spots. Tarsal claws of $ , large, equal, uniserrated. 



Head dark brown, with narrow, pale yellow eye-borders, and with 

 golden curved scales on the nape and creamy Hat-scaled lateral patches ; 

 palpi of 5 , large, reddish -brown, with a few grey scales ; those of the <? , 

 rather shorter than the proboscis. Pleurte chestnut-brown, with small, 

 flat, whitish scales. Legs black, unhanded, with a distinct yellowish 

 knee-spot. Halteres with pale stems and fuscous knobs. Venter 

 whitish. Length. — About 6*8 mm. 



Habitat. — AustraUa ; Tasmania. 



Subdivision ii. — Culices ivith unhanded tarsi, and the abdomen 

 ornamented with longitudinal stripes in addition to handing. 



74. C. alholincalus, sp. n. Abdominal segments with greenish-white 



basal bands and a distinct but not sharplj'-defined pale median 

 stripe. 



75. C. mediolineatas, Theob. Abdominal segments with a broad 



yellow median line and lateral basal spots, with traces of pale 

 apical banding. 



76. C. Spencerii, Theob. Abdominal segments creamy-white, with 



black lateral patches at the mid-length of the segment, 

 leaving a white median line with basal and apical banding. 

 Thoi-ax black, with golden scales and pale Imes. 



77. C. rusticus, Rossi. All the abdominal segments brownish, with 



black lateral spots. Thorax greyish. 



78. C. alhifasciatus, Macquart. Abdomen dusky, with yellowish- 



white naedian line and incomplete apical bands. 



74. CULEX ALBOLINEATUS, sp. n. 



Plate xvii, tig. 10a, Venation of Wing of $ . 



Tarsi uniformly brown. Thorax black-grounded, clothed with 

 bronzy scales, with two indistinct narrow median black lines. 

 Abdomen black ; all the segments with greenish -white basal 

 bands, and the darker portions pale brown in the middle shading 

 into black at the sides so as to form a paler median line. Wings 

 with the fork-cells very long, quite three times the length of the 

 stem, in the anterior fork. 



$ . — Head greenish-grey ; antennae black, with greyish verticils ; 

 palpi deepest brown, minute. Wings with very long, hair-Hke scales. 

 Halteres pale throughout. Legs dark brown, with paler femora. 

 Venter greenish -white throughout. Loujfh. — About 5*5 mm 



