194 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



nearly vertical to the surface. The pupae are also intensely 

 black. 



CULEX GUBERNATORIUS, Sp. n.* 



Wings unspotted. Tarsi each with two bauds, one at the base of 

 the first, the second over articulation between first and second joints. 

 Thorax sooty, with a round anterior median and four lateral snowy 

 spots at the corners of the notum. Abdominal segments black, with 

 large snowy lateral spots, and a minute terminal median spot on the 

 last ; venter sooty. 



? . Head sooty black, the nape with a minute median line, a 

 delicate border to the eyes, and a pair of small lateral spots behind 

 them snowy white. Antennae, proboscis, and palpi entirely black, the 

 former with the second no longer than the succeeding joints. Thorax 

 sooty, with snowy spots arranged as below ; in front there is a large 

 median spot, which is prolonged at the sides into a pair of lateral bars, 

 in front of which are scarcely perceptible separate humeral spots ; 

 there is a similar pair of short lateral transverse bars at the posterior 

 corners of the notum, besides which the pleurae and coxte are plentifully 

 speckled. The posterior border of the metanotum is armed with three 

 tufts of bristles. Wings hyaline, the veins with black scales ; auxiliary 

 vein joining the costa a little external to the middle transverse vein ; 

 second longitudinal vein springing from the first only a trifle internal 

 to the posterior transverse ; supernumerary and middle transverse 

 veins in one line ; together not much longer than the posterior trans- 

 verse, and placed distinctly more than then' united length outside it ; 

 anterior fork-cell somewhat longer and narrower than the posterior, 

 but having a somewhat longer stem, which is about two-thirds as long 

 as the cell. Halteres with white stems and black knobs, their roots 

 protected by distinct membranous tegulae. Legs black, with the 

 exception of a fairly broad white baud at the base of the posterior 

 femora, and smaller patches on the under surface of the other femora ; 

 there are large white knee spots, and two broad bauds, one placed on 

 the base of the first tarsal joint and apex of the tibia, and the second 

 on the apex of first and base of the second tarsal ; in the fore legs 

 there is a faint ring on the next articulation. Abdomen sooty black, 

 each segment having a pair of broad lateral basal snowy spots. There 

 is also a minute median spot on the dorsum of the last visible segment. 

 Venter uniformly sooty black. Length of wing 3 mm. 



Hab. Taken in Government House, Allahabad. 



CuLEX PULCHRIVENTER, Sp. n. 



Wings unspotted. Tarsi unhanded, black. Thorax golden scaled, 

 with a fine median and broader lateral black lines. Abdominal seg- 

 ments black, with snowy basal bands, and the venter elaborately 

 adorned with golden, snow-white, and black markings. 



Head black, with two bands of golden toraentum separated by a 

 delicate median black line on the nape, and a delicate line of golden 

 scales round the eyes ; on the sides behind the eyes are two minute 

 patches of white scales. Antennae almost two-thirds the length of the 



"• This is a Stegomyia (F. V. T.). 



