448 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIII 



98. CULEX ORNATUS, Hoffmanseg (Meigen). 



= C. equinus, Moigen (not the C. ornatus of Ficalbi). 



(Syst. Baschr. Eur. ZweiflUgel. i, 5, 4 [1818), Meigen; Klass. d. Zwei. Aufl. 

 3, 4, Meigen; Suit, i, 35, 9, Macq. ; Dipt. Scand. ix, 3458, 4, Zett. ; Fn. 

 Austr. ii, 629, Schiner; Dipt. Neer. p. 327, Van dec Wulp.) 



Tarsi nearly black. Thorax whitish, with two black streaks. 

 Abdomea fuscous, with basal white bands. ' 



Head, proboscis, and antennae dark brown, the last with brown hairs 

 in the <? ; palpi of the ^ , blackish-brown, with long hairs and three 

 whitish spots. Pleurae dark brown, with wliite patches. Legs brown, 

 with the coxae dull yellow ; femora dark brown ; knee spot white ; 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Wings Avith brown scales. Length. — 

 3 lines. 



Note. — The type in the Jardin des Plantes is represented by a pin 

 onlj'. Mr. Theobald does not think tliat Ficalbi's description (" F. R.," 

 p. 285) applies to Meigen's species. 



Habitat. — Northern Europe, including England. 



99. CULEX LUTEOLATERALIS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 71). 



Tarsi uniformly yellowish-brown. Thorax deep purplish- 

 black, with a broad lateral yellow to orange line on each side, 

 the darker median portion with dull yellow and bi-own scales. 

 Abdomen deep brown, with basal creamy-yellow bands. Wings 

 in the 9 , with yellow^ and brown scaled veins. Second joint of 

 anterior in ? , dilated. 



Head dark brown, with narrow curved golden-yellow scales in the 

 middle, flat ochreous and dusky ones at the sides, with a few dull up- 

 right forked scales, and a tuft of golden bristles projecting between the 

 eyes ; eyes large, black and silvery ; palpi of J , orange-scaled at the base, 

 black at the apices ; those of ^ , entirely brown, much longer than the 

 proboscis, and looking only three-jointed, with a very dense black tuft 

 on the last joint. Pleurie dark brown witli a few pale scales. Legs dull 

 ochreous, covered with brown scales, tlie gi-ound colour showing in the 

 femora, especially at the bases and under sides ; femora, tibiie and first 

 tarsals spiny, the first hind tarsal joints not quite as long as the tibiie ; 

 femora rather dilated. Tarsal claws as in Plate xvii, fig. 5. Venter 

 dusky. Length. — Variable, about 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Durban, Soutli Africa, January ; Salisbury, Mashonaland, 

 March ; Perak, Strait? Settlements. 



