SUBFAMILY CULICINA. 23 
Genus CULEX Linné. 
(Synonyms: Heteronycha Arribalzaga, Neoculex Dyar.) 
(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 
1. Feet black, both ends of some of the joints white. 
janitor Theob., pleuristriatus Theob., secutor Theob., tarsalis Coq. 
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2. Light-colored bands of scales on the abdomen situated at the bases of the 
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Light-colored bands located at the apices of the segments, sometimes almost 
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3. Upper side of the thorax dark-yellow-scaled, and usually with a small round 
dot of light-yellow scales on each side of the center; light-colored bands of the 
abdomen broad and distinct; feet with very narrow, indistinct bands of light- 
colored scales at the sutures of the joints..-...--...-.--------- restuans Theob. 
Wipperside or the thorax.devoid of such dots --<-. 3.2. 2:2 .<s-2e--2e2e 2 conse 4 
4. Crossbands of light-colored scales indistinct on the anterior half of the abdomen, 
almost wanting on the second segment. .-........-.-------------salinarius Coq. 
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5. Species from the West Indies -.--....---.---.------ palus Theob.; similis Theob. 
Species alm Ost COSMO politeness ea ee ee ee ee ere pipiens Linné. 
(6) List oF THE SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. 
janitor Theob. | salinarius Coq. 
palus Theob. : | nigritulus auct. (North American references). 
pipiens Linne. | secutor Theob. 
boscii Desy. | similis Theob. 
cubensis Bigot. | tarsalis Coq. 
Jatigans auct.e (North American references). | affinis Adams (not of Stephens). 
Jerruginosus Wied. (Anopheles. ) kelloggii Theob. 
pungens Wied. peus Speiser. 
quinquefasciatus Say. 5 willistoni Giles. 
pleuristriatus Theob. territans Walk. 
restuans Theob. | apicalis Adams. 
(c) UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. 
flavipes Macquart, biocellatus Theobald, inflictus Theob., microsquamosus Theob., nigri- 
palpus Theob., and sazxatilis Grossbeck. 
(C. penafieli Williston has never been described.) 
Genus MELANOCONION Theobald. 
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Hind feet white-scaled on the broad base of the fourth joint; abdomen black- 
sealed, a row of violet-scaled spots along the sides. (Middle America. ) 
urichii Coq. 
«Tn response to my request, Maj. A. Alcock, superintendent of the natural history 
section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, India, sent me specimens of this species 
in all the stages. The larvee have been examined by Dr. H. G. Dyar and Mr. F. Knab, 
who report having discovered differences between them and the corresponding stage 
of the North American specimens of pipiens. 
