DAEK-FOOTED CULICES ; ABD. LATERALLY SPOTTED 457 



b. The thorax without distinct colour markings. 



a. With the venter banded. 



118. C. atratus, Theob. Abdominal spots white, most distinct 



behind. Venter with broad creamy basal bands. 



/3. With the venter white. 



119. G. scliolasticus, Theob. Abdominal spots white. Thorax 



chestnut, with traces of paler lines. 



120. C. cinereus, Theob. Abdominal spots white. Thorax grey. 



121. C. nigroclicetce, Theob. Abdomen sooty, with a few white 



lateral scales. Thorax black, except the scutellum, which is 

 yellowish. 



122. C. atrlpes, Skuse. Abdominal spots silvery. Thorax dark 



violet, with a white oblong spot before the wings. 



123. C. iracundus, Walker. Abdominal spots white. Thorax golden- 



brown. 



y The venter yellow. 



124. C. Freetoivnensis, Theob. Abdominal spots small, white, apical. 



Thorax dark grej'. 



125. C. niodestus, Ficalbi. Abdominal spots triangular, yellow. 



Thorax black on the dorsum ; yellowish-white behind. 



S. The venter grey. 



126. C. nebiilosus, Theob. Lateral spots dull grey, minute. Thorax 



tawny-brown. 



127. C. inflictus, Theob. Abdomen black, with triangular basal 



white spots. Thorax brown in front, pale behind. 



128. C. rimosus, Theob. Abdomen brown, with four white apical 



lateral spots. 



115. CULEX SERRATUS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 45). 



Plate xvi, fig. 18, Tarsal claws (fore and mid of i^ , and fore of $ ) ; 

 18a, Adornment of thorax and head. 



Legs uniformly dark brown. Thorax dark brown, with a 

 broad stripe of creamy-grey in the middle. Abdomen brownish- 

 black, with basal white lateral spots, especially noticeable on the 

 apical segments. Ungues of ? , equal, uniserrated ; of <? , unequal 

 in fore and mid legs, the larger one with two teeth, the smaller 

 with one tooth. 



Head marked with brown and white as in figure ; some of the 

 forked scales are yellow ; proboscis and palpi dark brown, with some 

 grey scales near the end in both sexes ; those of the J , but little longer 

 than the proboscis. Pleura reddish-brown, with white patches. Legs 



