NO. 3557 SUBGENUS CULEX—BRAM 23 
Larva: Antennal tuft located in a constriction near the outer third; 
spiculose basally. Frontal head hairs 5, 6, and 7 multiple. Mentum 
with about 25 very long teeth. Abdomen glabrous. Comb with a 
large number of scales in a broad patch; each scale fringed apically. 
Siphonal index about 3.5; four pairs of siphonal tufts. Pecten with 
about 14 teeth on the basal third of the siphon; each tooth with several 
barbs along the ventral margin. Anal segment completely ringed by 
the saddle. 
MaTERIAL EXAMINED.—The lectotype male terminalia, and four 
adult males and associated terminalia from Argentina, Chile, and 
Colombia. 
DistrisuTION.—The type locality of this species is Agua Limpa, 
Minas Geraes, Brazil. Bachman and Casal (1963) reported the 
species from the states of Jujuy, Cordoba, Rio Negro, and Neuquen, 
Argentina. The author has seen specimens in the U.S. National 
Museum collection from: Tucuman, Argentina; Concepcién and 
Puerto Montt, Chile; and Alban, Colombia. 
Culex (Culex) airozai Lane, 1945 
Fiaure 5a 
Culez (Culex) airozai Lane, 1945, p. 204. 
Systematics.—This species is easily distinguished from all other 
members of the subgenus by the reduced number of appendicles on 
the apical lobe of the basistyle. 
SALIENT CHARACTERS.—Adult female: See table 1. 
Male terminalia: Basistyle conical, about twice as long as basal 
width. Apical lobe undivided and possessing a basal, pointed rod, 
a small obovate leaf, and a straight, pointed accessory seta. Tenth 
sternite crowned with a dense tuft of short, pointed spines; basal arm 
strongly curved. External process gradually tapering to an obtuse 
tip; exceeding the ventral cornu in length. Ventral cornu dentiform, 
only slightly larger than the teeth of the median process. Median 
process possessing 10 or more conglomerate teeth. Basal process 
small, straight, and bluntly rounded. 
Larva: Unknown. 
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—None. Known to the author only from 
the descriptions and figures of Lane (1945 and 1953). 
DistrisuTion.—That of the type locality, Paruary River, 
Amazonas, Brazil. 
Culex (Culex) alani Forattini, 1965 
FIGURE 3¢, f 
Culex (Culex) alani Bram [sic].—Forattini, 1965, p. 143. 
SyYsTEMATICS.—This species is a member of the complex of species 
