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38. Culcx longifurcatus, sp. nov. 



Thorax iiniforml}^ fuscous and smok}- ; head much the same 

 colour but with some paler scales ; palpi, proboscis and antennae 

 smoky brown; abdomen deep brown, with basal pale bands 

 spreading out in the middle to form median patches ; legs uni- 

 formly smok}' brown ; wings rather long and narrow, fork-cells 

 long, the veins and scales very thin. Male palpi thin, no hair tufts. 

 2 . Head dark, clothed with dull creamy narrow-curved 

 scales, small flat creamy lateral ones, numerous dark upright 

 forked scales, some paler ones in front; palpi, clypeus, proboscis 

 and antennse brown. 



Thorax dark brown with fuscous-brown scanty narrow-cur\^ed 

 scales and brown chsetae ; scutellum brown with similar narrow- 

 curved scales ; metanotum brown and testaceous ; pleurae dark 

 brown and grey. Abdomen deep brown, with basal, almost white 

 bands which are enlarged in the middle forming more or less pro- 

 nounced spots ; border bristles pallid ; venter all grey-scaled. 

 Legs long and thin, uniformly brown, except the venter of the 

 femora which is completely creamy white : ungues equal and sim- 

 ple. Wings large and long ; fork-cells long ; first submarginal cell 

 longer and narrower than the second posterior, their bases nearly 

 level, its stem about one- third the length of the cell : stem of the 

 second posterior less than one-third the length of the cell ; posterior 

 cross-vein longer than the mid about one-and-a-half times its own 

 length distant from it : lateral vein scales on the apical areas of 

 the veins long and thin. 



Length 5 mm. 



cf . Palpi long and thin, dark brown, acuminate, no hair tufts, 

 a few dark hairs and chaetae; apex of proboscis swollen. Wings 

 with relatively long fork-cells ; first submarginal cell narrower and 

 longer than the second posterior, its stem less than one-third the 

 length of the cell ; stem of the second posterior rather more than 

 half the length of the cell; posterior cross- vein nearly twice its own 

 length distant from the mid. Fore and mid ungues unequal, both 

 uniserrate, the larger with a large tooth, hind equal and sim])le. 



Length 4 to 4*5 mm. 



Habitat Dahawangahary Hill, near Bengal frontier, Nepal 

 {Butchu, nius. colly.). 



Time of capture i6-ii-o8. 



Observations. — Described from two 9 's and one o" . A very 

 marked Culex with obscure ornamentation, easily told by the long 

 fork-cells, very thin veins and large wings and long legs. The 

 male genitalia seem very marked but there is not enough material 

 to dissect them. 



39. Culex iigripes, Cirandi)re. 



Additional lyocalities and Dates. 

 The Himalayas. — Kurseong, 5,000 feet, E. Himalayas, Dar- 

 jiling district, 4-viii-o8 {.[nnandale). 



Burma. — Mandalav, 1 i-iii-(>8 {.l nnandale). 



