470 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XIII 



142. CULEX MOLESTUS, Wiedemann ("A. Z. I." p. 544). 



" Reddish-brown, with black abdomen. Thorax deep red-brown. 

 Antennse and other appendages brown. Abdomen black. Wings with 

 brown scales. Length. — li lines. 



" Habitat. — Sumatra." 



Note. — Described from a very defective specimen. 



143. CULEX OCHRIPES, Macquart (" D. E." Sup. IV, p. 11). 



" Fuscous. $ palpi yellow, apex black, elongated. Legs ochreous. 

 Length. — 3 lines J . 



" Thorax and abdomen brown (denuded). Proboscis yellow, brown at 

 the apex ; palpi of J dilated at the end, longer than the proboscis by a 

 third of its length, yellow, last joint black. Wings greyish, reddish on 

 the outer border. 



^^ Habitat. — South America." 



Note. — Arribdlzaga makes no note of this species ; it was e^'idently 

 described from worn material. I cannot trace the type. I (Mr. Theobald) 

 do not think the species could be identified unless from the type. I expect 

 it is either C. flavipes or C. fatigans. 



144. CULEX SICULUS, R. Desvoidy (1827). 



" Thorax pale brick-red, with grey hairs. Abdomen more or less 

 brownish-red, pale yellowish in the $ , with a brown band on each seg- 

 ment. Proboscis yellow, with the apex brown in the J ; palpi and 

 antennae brownish in the $ . Legs with the femora and tibiae pale 

 yellow, the tarsi brown-ringed, knees with a silvery spot. Length.— Oi 

 the 3 1 2^ Imes, of the ? , 3 lines. 



" Habitat. — Sicily." 



145. CULEX SETULOSUS, Doleschall. 



(Natuurkundig. Tijdsch. voor Ned. lud. D. xiv, p. 384.) 



" Pale fuscous, hairy. Thorax slightly nan-owed in front, thickly 

 clothed with ash-grey hairs. Abdomen paler, bristly. Legs uniformly 

 fuscous. Wings hyaline, scaly, with yellow veins. Length. — 2 lines. 



'^^ Habitat. — Middle Java ; during the dry season in houses. Equally 

 numerous and not less troublesome than C, nero." 



146. CULEX GENICULATUS, Olivier (1791). 



" Thorax cinereous, with two blackish lines near the middle line and 

 two on the sides. Abdomen dorsallj' brown, with the borders of the 



