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Thorax with Hght yellow and golden yellow narrow curved scales, 

 arranged in bands. Those foi^ming the median band are light yellow, 

 with a central narrow bare black line, the rest of the thorax being 

 a light warm brown colour. On either side of this band is a golden 

 yellow band. At the side of the thorax is a large central light 

 yellow spot, with golden yellow scales before it and a golden yellow 

 and black scaled area behind. Scutellum rather densely scaled with 

 pale yellow narrow curved scales. Prothoracic lobes with creamy 

 yellow narrow curved scales and golden brown bristles. Pleura? with 

 creamy flat scales. Abdomen with incomplete basal bands on all 

 segments consisting of a few median ochreous scales and distinct 

 snowy white lateral spots. Ventral surface with ochreous and a few 

 dark scales. Femora dark scaled with a few scattered ochreous 

 scales except for the basal half of the ventral surface which is all 

 pale coloured. Tibiae dark with a few pale scales arranged more or 

 less in a line, unhanded. Tarsi with distinct white basal bands. 

 Fore and mid legs with two apical joints unhanded. Hind with 

 apical joint only unhanded. 



Wings with mid and supernumerary cross-veins in a straight line. 

 Posterior cross-vein about one and a half times its own length distant 

 from the mid cross-vein. First fork cell narrower and longer than 

 the second fork cell. Its stem rather over half the length of the cell. 



Length 5-5 mm. 



Habitat. —South Queensland. 



Time of capture. — June. 



Observations. — Described from two rather damaged females. 



New Species found in a Small Collection of Mosquitoes 



FROM Tasmania. 



This collection was received by Mr. F. V. Theobald from 

 Dr. Bancroft. 



It was found that of the seven or possibly eight species repre- 

 sented only one had been already described. This species, 

 Culex frenchii (Theobald), which had not been before recorded 

 from Tasmania, was represented by three specimens which were 

 quite true to type. Two other specimens, however, appeared to 

 be either a variation of the type, or a distinct species. They 

 differed mainly in possessing deeper coloured thorax and scu- 

 tellum, both of which bear golden coloured bristles, whereas the 

 type Culex frenchii bears black bristles. 



As, however, both specimens were badly rubbed, it was 

 impossible to state whether these represented a new species or 

 not. 



The mosquitoes of Tamania appear to have been very much 

 neglected in the past ; three species only, all belonging to the 

 genus Culex, are recorded in Mr. Theobald's ' Monograph^of the 

 Culicidae of the World,' vol. v. 1910. 



These species are Cule.v ruhithorax (Macquart) ; Culex austra- 

 lis (Erichson), and Culex nigrithorax (Macquart). 



