462 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XITI 



125. CULEX MODESTUS, Ficalbi (1889), (" F. E." p. 279). 



Tarsi black, unhanded. Thorax unadorned, dorsally hlackish, 

 yellowish behind ; al)domen dorsallj'^ dark brown, with triangular 

 yellowish lateral spots and sparse lateral yellow hairs, but clear 

 yellow beneath. Tarsal claws of $ , equal and simple, those of 

 fore and mid legs of 3 , unequal, each with an accessory tooth. 



Head witli the nape brown and somewhat paler orbits ; proboscis 

 nearly black ; antennie brown, with a yellowish basal joint ; paljii nearly 

 black, those of $ , with a lonf;; end joint, tliose of the <? , longer than the 

 proboscis by the greater part of the last joint, subulate, and differing 

 from those of C. pipiens in not being tufted. Pleurae yellowish. I^egs 

 nearly black, with the coxse and the femora below yellowish, the former 

 with a few black scales. Venter uniformly yellowish. Length. — 6 to 

 7 mm., including the proboscis. 



Habitat. — The Marshes, near Ravenna, Italy. 



Note. — Mr. Theobald thinks that this species is distinct from Zetter- 

 stedt's C. fascidus. 



126. CULEX NEBULOSUS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 31). 



(Rcpt. Liverpool School Trop. Med. 1901.) 



Tarsi uniformly dark brown. Thorax brown, with tawny- 

 brown scales, but showing two darker lines when denuded. 

 Abdomen dark brown, with traces of dull grey apical lateral 

 spots. Upper leg joints unadorned. 



$ . — Head dark brown, with narrow curved, dull golden-brown scales, 

 numerous brown upright forked ones and a distinct white border round 

 the eyes, and white scales at the sides ; clj'peus, proboscis, palpi 

 and antenna; brown, basal joint of the latter testaceous at the base. 

 Scutellum brown, with very narrow, almost hair-like, pale scales, six 

 bristles to the mid lobe ; metanotum dark chestnut-brown. Pleura- 

 brown and ochreous, with scanty flat white scales. Legs brown ; 

 coxje and trochanters ochreous, the fonuer with dull white scales ; 

 femora dull pale ochreous beneath. Halteres yellow, with dusky 

 knobs. Venter grey and brown. Length. — About 3*7 mm. 



Habitat. — Old Calabar. Africa. 



127. CULEX INFLICTUS, Theobald (Monog. II. p. 115). 



Tarsi uniformly black. Thorax brown in front, pallid behind, 

 small pale brown curved scales on anterior part and three double 

 rows of black bristles in front, two behind. Pleurtc pallid. Ab- 

 domen dusky-black, with basal white, triangular, lateral spots. 



