344 F. W. EDWARDS. 



from Egypt as C. decens ; the larva of the African C. decens is indeed very similar, 

 though the hypopygium differs. It is perhaps also the species recorded from 

 Algeria by the Sergents as C. fatigans, since they state that the siphon is longer than 

 that of C. pipiens. Adults, probably of C. perexigtius, have been received from 

 southern Spain (Fowler), Muscat (Gill) and Amritsar, Punjab (Barraud). 



Fig. 18. Culex perexiguus, Theo., end of abdomen of larva ; comb and pecten teeth and mentum 



more highly magnified. 



18. Culex laurenti, Newst. 



Culex laurenti, Newst ead, Ann. Trop. Med. i, p. 24 (1907) ; Edwards, Bull. 

 Ent. Res. v, p. 70 (1914). 



The female of this species is almost impossible to distinguish from the unhanded 

 variety of C. pipiens.* The male differs from both C. pipiens and C. perexiguus 

 in having no pale line beneath the last two joints of the palpi. I have figured the 



