INADEQUATELY DESCRIBED CULICES, UNBANDED FEET 471 



segments whitish. Legs with the femora white below and at the base ; 

 tibiae and tarsi blackish. Proboscis black ; antennae brown. 

 ^'■Habitat. — Paris (Olivier, and E. Desvoidy)." 



Note. — There has been no recent record of this doubtful species. 



147. CULEX CALCITRANS, E. Desvoidy (1827). 

 [Essai sur les Culicides, Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de Paris (1827).] 



" Thorax dorsally reddish, with three brown stripes, and with the 

 pleurae cinereous. Abdomen pale yellowish on the dorsum ; incisurse 

 marked with black. Legs yellowish, with the tarsi brownish. Length. 

 3 lines." 



Note. — I (Mr. Theobald) believe this is only a partly denuded ? 

 Ciilex 2}ipiens. 



148. CULEX RUBIOUS, E. Desvoidy. 

 (Essai sur les Ciilicid. p. 404. ) 



" Antennae brownish ; proboscis yellowish, with brown apex ; palpi 

 yellowish-brown. Thorax reddish, with a black dorsal line. Abdomen 

 brownish, with triangular yellowish lateral spots. Wings brownish-yellow, 

 with villous veins. Hind tarsi with white cilia. Length. — Ai; lines (?). 



" Habitat. — Carolina." 



Note. — I (Mr. Theobald) have seen nothmg answermg to this, and 

 Coquillett does not mention it. 



149. CULEX MERIDIONALIS, Leach (1825). 

 (Zool. Journ. N. vii, Oct. 1825.) 



" Head and thorax reddish-brown. Legs greyish-brown. Abdomen 

 dorsally reddish-brown, with lighter bands on the dorsum of each segment 

 behind. Length. — 5 mm. 



'' Habitat.— mce." 



Note. — Described by Leach in his paper " Description of Thirteen 

 Species of Formica and Three Culex, &c. " (Z. J. vii, 1825). It is said by 

 Leach to be common in Nice. It is probably only Culex xnpiens. 



150. CULEX PALLIPES, Macquart (1838). 



= C. melanorhinus, Giles (1900). 

 [Dipt. Exoti. p. 33, Macq. ; Gnats or Mosq. p. 342, Giles (= melanorhinus). '\ 



" Fuscous. Thorax with rufous scales, the sides and pectus pale. 

 Wings with the first sub-marginal cell longer than the second posterior." 



