new Cullc'idse from Ashanti. 377 



£ . — Like the female, but the abdomen more prominently 

 banded. Palpi and proboscis deep brown, the former acumi- 

 nate and longer than the proboscis by the last and apical 

 portion of the penultimate segment, the last two segments 

 with scanty long dark hairs. Ungues of fore and mid legs 

 unequal, uniserrate, hind equal and simple. Wings with 

 short fork-cells, the first slightly narrower and much longer 

 than the second fork-cell, stem of tlie first about three-fourtlis 

 the length of the cell, stem of the latter nearly as long as the 

 cell; posterior cross-vein longer than the mid, nearly three 

 times its own length distant from it. 



Length. — 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Accra (Dr. Graham). 



Hatched out.— 7 and 18. vi. 08 (<?), 7. vii. 08 ( ? ). 



Observations. — Described from a single perfect female, 

 hatched from a long siphoned larva, and three males. This 

 is a small rather obscure Culex, near G. fatigans, Wied., and 

 C. pallidocephala, Theob., but can be told from both by the 

 very dark outer costal border and veins near it. A small 

 fragile species, 



Culex pallidothoracis, sp. n. 



Thorax uniformly clothed with pale ochreous scales. 

 Abdomen dark brown in the female, with traces of pale basal 

 banding, prominent in the male. Palpi, proboscis, and legs 

 uniformly dark brown. 



? . — Head black, densely clothed with narrow-curved pale 

 ochreous almost creamy scales, flat similar coloured lateral 

 scales, rich golden brown central upright forked scales, and 

 black upright ones at the sides; golden cha3tse between the 

 eyes, dark ones at the sides ; clypeus brown ; palpi and pro- 

 boscis almost black ; antennae brown. 



Thorax black, densely and uniformly clothed with narrow- 

 curved pale ochreous almost creamy scales, with golden and 

 brown chsetse; scutellum very pale, with similar scales and 

 brown border-hristles ; metanotum brown; pleurae very pale. 



Abdomen dark brown, some of the apical segments with 

 basal creamy bands ; border-bristles brown, golden at their 

 apices ; venter with many pale scattered scales ; traces of 

 basal lateral pale spots. 



Legs uniformly brown, with dull ochreous reflections, 

 paler beneath ; ungues equal and simple. 



Wings with the fork-cells long ; the first longer and nar- 

 rower than the second posterior, its base nearer the base of 



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