INADEQUATELY DESCRIBED CULICES, UNBANDED FEET 4G9 



139. CULEX FUSCULUS, Zetterstedt (1850). 



(Dipt. Scaud. t. ix, "P. R." p. 278.) 



Tarsi unhanded, yellowish-brown, especially on the last joints. 

 Thorax clothed with ferruginous tomentum ; the pleurse dark 

 slate colour. Abdomen dorsally black. 



Palpi of the $ , rather longer than the proboscis, and with the two 

 last joints somewhat dilated ; the antennae with brownish plumes. 

 Wings cinereous. Legs with the femora and tibiae yellowish, rather 

 browner at the apices ; knees marked by a white spot. Abdomen dor- 

 sally black. Length.— Oi the <?, 2^; of the ?,2 lines (Zetterstedt). 

 Some individuals have dirty white spots on the sides of the abdomen. 



Mr. Theobald, who was lent a specimen of this species, figures the 

 head with a peculiar median pale band, clothed with broad curved scales 

 of exceptional form, and with the lateral flat-scaled areas very much 

 broader than usual. The ? palp is shown with a very minute, bead- 

 like end joint, and he figures also some scales, not unlike those of the 

 head, but with long beaded stalks, on the scutellum. 



Habitat. — Zetterstedt described it from Scandmavia, and Siebke 

 from Norway. 



Unbanded-legged Species, Inadequately Described (Reproduced 



IN EXTENSO FROM Mr. ThEOBALD's MoNOGRAPH). 



140. CULEX LURIDUS, Doleschall. 



(Naluurkundig. Tijdsch. voor Ned. Ind. D. xiv, p. 384.) 



" Greyish-brown. Abdomen greenish, with black scales. Legs fuscous 

 hoary. Wings pellucid, with black veins. Length. — 2^ lines. Smaller 

 than C. setidosus, almost the same colour and markings. The abdomen 

 is greenish-black, haired on the back with broad transverse stripes. 



" Habitat. — Middle Java (Gombong) ; during the dry season in 

 houses." 



141. CULEX RUFINUS, Bigot. 



(Exp. Scientif. d. 1, Tunisie, Dipt. p. 7.) 



" Pale fulvous. Antennae brownish. Thorax rufous above ; scutellum 

 paler, clear drab, abdominal segments fuscous, broadly banded with pale 

 brown bands. Wings very pale yellow. General colour pale yellow ; 

 tergum reddish, darker laterally. 



" Habitat. — Tunis, in May." 



Note. — Probably a worn specimen. 



