430 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



CULEX EXAGITANS, FceUl. 



Fusca ; alho varia ; palpi nigri, apice albi ; thorax albido bivittatus ; 

 abdomen testaceo varium, fasciis albidis maculisque lateralibus 

 argenteis ; pedes gracillimi, femoribus testaceis apice fuscis, genubus 

 et tarsoram fasciis argenteis ; alee subcinerece. 



Brown, with white spangles. Pro1ioscis slender, curved, partly tes- 

 taceous. Palpi black, with silvery white tips. Thorax with two slender 

 whitish stripes. Abdomen mostly testaceous in the disk, with a whitish 

 band at the base of each segment, and with a row of silvery white dots 

 along each side. Legs very slender; femora testaceous, with brown tips; 

 knees silvery white ; tarsi with silvery white bands. Wings grayish ; 

 veins brown, fringed with brown hairs. Halteres testaceous ? Length 

 of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Para. 



This species much resembles C. toxorhgnchus, but the latter has not 

 the whitish stripes on the thorax, nor the white dots on the abdomen. 



CuLEX DiscKUciANS, Mas et Foem. 



Nigricans ; pectus argenteum ; abdomen purpureum, subtus testaceo 

 fasciatum ; pedes purpurei, femoribus testaceis, genubus albo 

 giittatis, tarsis fascia subapicali alba ; alte subcinerece, venis fuscis 

 subciliatis ; halteres testacei, apice fusci. Mas. — Antennce testaceo 

 fasciatcE. 



Blackish. Proboscis long, slender. Pectus silvery whitish. Abdo- 

 men purple, with testaceous bands beneath. Legs purple, long, slender; 

 femora testaceous, purplish towards the tips ; a white dot on each knee ; 

 tarsi with a white subapical baud. Wings grayish ; veins brown, slightly 

 ciliated. Halteres testaceous, with brown tips. Male. — Proboscis 

 rather longer than the antenna. Palpi much longer than the proboscis. 

 Antennae with testaceous bands. Lepgth of the body .3 lines ; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



South America. 



