CULEX — FEET UNBANDED ; ABD. PALE BASAL BANDS 443 



88. CULEX TIPULIFORMIS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 325). 



Tarsi uniformly brown. Thorax brown with narrow golden- 

 brown curved scales, paler behind ; pleurae with white scales. 

 Abdomen dark brown with basal white median semicircular 

 patches on segments two to five, spreading out laterally on the 

 apical segments. Looks much like a small midge. 



(? . — Head dark brown, with narrow curved grey scales on the occiput, 

 flat grej' at the sides, and numerous ochreous and brown upright forked 

 ones, the former on the front of the head ; clypeus chestnut-brown ; 

 proboscis brown, mottled with creamy-grey scales, thin ; palpi deep 

 brownish-black, with pearly-white scales below ; antennae brown ; scu- 

 tellum reddish-gi'ey at the margin, with apparently six bristles to the 

 mid lobe. Pleurse marbled pale brown and yellowish, with white patches. 

 Legs unhanded, paler brown, with white scales, very long and thin, Avith 

 a distinct longitudinal white line on femora and tibisE'. Halteres, 

 yellowish-brown with dusky knobs. Venter ochreous. Length. — 5-8 

 mm. ; of the hind leg, 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Bakloh, Lower Himalayas, Punjab, 5,000 feet. 



89. CULEX CONFIRMATUS (Arribal.) 

 Ochlerotatus conjinnatiis, Arribal. L. A. p. 4G. 



Plate xvi, fig. 17, Tarsal claws of ^ ; 17a, Venation of wing, ^ ; 

 17b, Head and appendages ; 17c, Extremity of ^ palp more highly 

 magnified. 



Tarsi yellowish-brown, unhanded. Thorax dark-grounded, 

 with greyish-yellow scales in front, and fawn behind ; unadorned. 

 Abdominal segments violet-black, with narrow, whitish basal 

 bands, broadening externally. Palpi broad ended, nearly black. 



This species is a small dark-tinted gnat, not showing its abdominal 

 banding, except on close inspection. The head shows a few silvery scales 

 behind, but the palps and proboscis are entirely black. There are a few 

 white tufts on the pleurie and coxip. The venter is prettily marked, each 

 segment having a large, semilunar basal ferruginous spot, surrounded by 

 the black narrow remnant of the segment. The ^ palps are very 

 peculiarly formed, being barely as long as the proboscis and clubbed, the 

 club being formed of the fourth joint, the fifth being a mere olive-shaped 

 rudiment ; the first two joints are very short and the third nearly as long 

 as the clubbed fourth. Habitat. — The specimens described were sent me 

 from Brazil, along with a quite distinct species of ranoplites, by Dr. 

 Lutz. The above, however, agrees best with Arribiilzaga's description, 

 although tlie J palps arc unlike those of its congener in his classifica- 



