390 Mr. F. V. Theobald. On the Culicidce of India, 



Abdomen black, with basal white bands, which spread out laterally on 

 the last few segments. Legs black ; femora pale beneath ; fore and mid 

 ungues of ? equal, uniserrated. 



Length of ? and <$ 4 '5 to 6 mm. 



Habitat. N. Europe ; N. America and India (Kashmir) ; Greenland 

 and Arctic Circle generally. 



Observations. Some damaged specimens have been received by the 

 British Museum (Nat. Hist.) from Dr. Neve from the Deosai Plateau, 

 between Kashmir and Shardo, between 13,000 and 13,500 feet. They 

 are undoubtedly this species which seems to spread out round the north 

 polar region to about 35 latitude. 



Culex concolor. (Robineau Desvoidy.) 



1 Me"m. Soc. Hist. Nat. de Paris,' 4, 405, Eob. Desv. ; 'Mono. Culicid.,' 

 ii, p. 107 (1901), Theobald. 



Thorax brown, with tawny and fawn-coloured curved scales, with 

 patches of paler scales in the middle line in front, a central patch, two 

 lateral ones, and other pale scales in front of the scutellum. Abdomen 

 with brown scales, the first few segments with apical dull creamy 

 borders ; the fifth with a dark basal band, most of it and all the 

 remaining segments densely ochraceous yellow ; wings with a yellowish 

 tinge. 



Length of ? 6 to 8 mm. ; of J 1 7 mm. 



Habitat. Asia generally. 



Observations. A common and widely distributed Asiatic species 

 occurring in China, all over the Malay Peninsula, India, and Ceylon. 

 Easily told by its general ochraceous fawn-coloured hue. 



Culex viridiventer. (Giles.) 



' Journal Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.,' p. 609, No. 4, vol. 13 (1901), Giles; 

 ' Mono. Culicid.,' ii, p. 128 (1901), Theobald. 



Thorax dark brown, with short, narrow curved deep golden-brown to 

 bronzy scales, paler in front of the scutellum. Abdomen dusky black, 

 with basal white bands on the second and third segments, not always 

 complete ; in the fourth to sixth the bands are very distinct and swell 

 out in the middle ; apical segment white. Legs black ; coxae and bases 

 of femora greyish-white ; knee spots distinct. 



Length of ? 5 '5 to 6 mm. ; of $ 4 to 5 mm. 



Habitat. Naini Tal, India. 



Observations. A purely sylvan species, easily told from its nearest 

 ally C. fatigans by the abdominal ornamentation. 



