CULICES WITH TARSI AND ABD. UNADORNED 465 



With the abdomen duskj'. 



132. C. pseudocinereus, Theob. The junctions of segments reddish, 

 giving a quasi-banded appearance. Thorax grej*, with indis- 

 tinct hnear marking. Pleune dark grey, with a broad white 

 Hne above the middle leg. ' 



138. C. metaUicus, Theob. Thorax black, with silver^' scales in 

 front and brown behind. Pleune with some brilliant white 

 scales. Abdomen metallic purple. 



134. C. Frenchii, Theob. Thorax chestnut-brown. Pleurae with 



indistinct paler patches. Abdomen sooty. Venter yellowish. 



135. C. invidiosiis, Theob. Thorax brown; the pleurae paler. 



Abdomen nearly black. Venter brown, reddish at the base. 



136. C. invetmstiis, Theob. Thorax dark-brown. Pleurae yellowish. 



Venter rather pale. Mid femora dilated. 



137. C. nigripalpis, Theob. Thorax chestnut. Pleurae pale brown. 



Abdomen ahnost black. Venter grey. 



138. C. longijjes, Theob. Thorax dark chestnut. Pleurae pale 



brownish-grey. Abdomen dusky. Venter yellowish. 



139. C. fusciilus, Zetterstedt. Thorax ferruginous. Pleurte dark 



slate coloured. Abdomen black. 



31. CULEX BICOLOR, Meigen ("S.B."p. 1; " F. E." p. 277). 

 = Cidex marginalis, Stephens, 1825 (?). 



Tarsi unhanded ; thorax dorsally greyish-chestnut, with traces 

 of darker longitudinal streaks ; abdomen dorsally, uniform pale 

 yellow. Said to be less markedly yellow than C lutescens. 



Proboscis brown ; palpi and antennae of the $ , yellowish-brown. 

 Coxte yellowish, especiall}- at tlie base and beneath ; tibiae darker yellow, 

 and the tarsi brown. Wings brownish-yellow. Halteres yellowish. 

 Abdomen dorsally, pale dirty yellow. Length.— 7 to 8 mm. 



Habitat. — Northern Europe. 



Note. — Inadequately described from types in confessedly bad con- 

 dition. Mr. Theobald appears to believe that the description refers 

 to rubbed specimens of C. pipiens, L. 



132. CULEX PSEUDOCINEREUS, Theobald (Monog. II, p. 62). 



Tarsi uniformly brown. Thorax clothed with grey, narrow 

 curved scales, with three indistinct dusky longitudinal lines. 

 Abdomen unhanded and unspotted, deep dusky-brown, the 

 junctions of the segments rather testaceous, giving a quasi- 

 banded appearance. Fore and mid ungues of the <? , very 

 unequal, the larger with a long tooth ; hind ungues equal, simple, 

 small. 

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