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three-fourths the length of each femur; scales of tarsi black, those at narrow 

 bases of joints whitish; tarsal claws simple; wings hyaline, the scales mixed 

 black and white; the black ones not collected into spots; lateral scales of the 

 anterior veins narrowly lanceolate, those of the other veins almost linear. 

 Length, 4 to 5.5 mm." 



Remarks. 71 specimens of this form were taken at the following places : 

 Nassau, June 23 ; Andros, June 26 ; Tarpum Bay, July 7 ; Cat Island, July 9. 



CULEX PIPIENS Linne. 

 Gulex pipiens Linn6, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 602. 



DESCRIPTION. Color. Dark brown. 



Size. 4.5 to 6 mm. 



Head. With curved golden-brown scales in front, and in the middle 

 numerous dark-brown, upright, forked ones; the sides covered with creamy- 

 white flat scales; antennae dark brown, with pale pubescence; palpi thick, 

 brown, with some greyish scales; proboscis ochraceous-brown in the middle, 

 black towards apex and base, extreme tip ochraceous; eyes deep purplish-black, 

 with a few silvery markings. 



Thorax. Dark brown, with golden-brown, curved scales, and three rows 

 of black bristles; in some specimens dark, thoracic stripes show through the 

 scales in front; scutellum with pale golden curved scales and golden-brown 

 bristles; pleurae chestnut-brown, with a few small patches of pale creamy 

 scales; mesonotum pale chestnut-brown. 



Abdomen. Covered with dusky-brown scales, and the bases of the seg- 

 ments with distinct cross-bands of whitish or flaxen-yellow scales ; venter with 

 pale yellowish scales. 



Wings. The veins covered with long brown scales, first submarginal cell 

 long and narrow, its stem very short; base of the first submarginal cell beyond 

 junction of subcostal and costal; fringe brown, with pale reflections. 



Legs. Unbanded; brown, with an ochraceous luster; coxae yellowish- 

 brown; femora pale beneath, knee spot white, tarsi dark brown. 



Remarks. 71 specimens of this form were taken at the following places : 

 Nassau, June 9 ; Spanish Wells, July 4 ; Current Settlement, July 5 ; Tarpum 

 Bay, July 7; Powells Point, July 8; Cat Island, July 9. 



