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Fara. CULICID.E, IlaUday. 

 Genus CULEX, Linn. 



CULEX CONTERHENS, Fojm. 



Fusca ; proboscis et palpi fidva, apice nigra ; antenna nigra, basi 

 fulvcB ; thorax vitta dorsali testacea ; pectus testaccum ; pedes fulvi, 

 robusti,femoribus tibiisque apice nigricantibus , tarsis nigricanlibus 

 albido fasciatis ; alee subcinerece apud costam fuscescenfes. 



Brown. Proboscis and palpi tawny, with black tips. Proboscis 

 stout, straight, pubescent, as long as the head and the thorax. Antennse 

 black, tawny at the base. Thorax with a testaceous dorsal stripe. Pec- 

 tus testaceous. Abdomen wanting. Legs tawny, pubescent, very stout; 

 tips of ihe femora and of the tibiae blackish ; tarsi blackish, with whitish 

 bands. Wings grayish, brownish towards the costa ; veins brown. 

 Length of the body 4 ? lines ; of the wings 6 Hues. 



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CuLEX S0LI.IC1TANS, FcEm. 



Nigra, cervino tomentosa ; proboscis testacea, apice nigra ; antenna basi 

 testacece ; thorax nigro bivittatus ; latera et pectus albida ; abdomen 

 maculis laieralibus nigris quadratis ; pedes graciles, tarsis nigris 

 alba cinctis ; alee subcinerea:, vents testaceis nigro hirtis ; halteres 

 testacei apice fusci. 



Black, with fawn-coloured tomentum. Proboscis long, slender, 

 curved, testaceous, bUitk towards the tip. Antennae black, testaceous at 

 the base. Thorax with two black stripes; sides and pectus whitish. 

 Abdomen with two lateral black quadrate spots on each segment ; the 

 two apical segments with narrower spots. Legs slender; tarsi black, 

 with white l)ands. ^\"ings grayish ; veins testaceous, fringed with 

 minute black hairs. Halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



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