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CULEX PERTERRENS, FoBlD. 



Fusca, sat valida ; proboscis tesiacea, apice fusca ; pectus testaceum ; 

 abdomen purpurascens, fasciis ventreque testaceis ; pedes testacei, 

 validi, pubescentes, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque ftiscis ; alee 

 cinerece, venis nigricaniibus subciliatis / halteres testacei. 



Brown, rather stout. Proboscis testaceous, long, brown towards the 

 tip. Antennas brown, very little shorter than the proboscis. Pectus 

 testaceous. Abdomen purplish, with a testaceous band on the fore bor- 

 der of each segment; under side testaceous. Legs testaceous, stout, 

 pubescent ; femora and tibiae brown towards the tips ; tarsi brown. 

 Wings gray ; veins blackish, slightly ciliated. Halteres testaceous. 

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



South America. 



CuLEx FLAVicosTA, Foem. 



Fulva ; proboscis testacea, apice nigra ; palpi testacei; antennce fusca, 

 basi teslacece; pedes robusti, testacei, femoribus tibiis et tarsorum 

 articulis apice nigris, tibiis posticis subpilosis ; alee subcinerece, 

 apice absciiriores, apud costam flavescentes, venis fuscis ciliatis. . 



Tawny. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. Proboscis slender, straight, 

 black at the tip. AntenutE brown, testaceous at the base. Legs long, 

 stout, testaceous ; tips of the femora, of the tibice and of the joints of the 

 tarsi black ; hind tibia; thinly clothed with short hairs ; hind tarsi, ex- 

 cepting the metatarsus, black, the joints testaceous at the base. Wings 

 grayish, darker at the tips, yellowish along the costa ; veins brown, 

 ciliated. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Amazon Kegion. 



3 L 



