246 CULICID.S. 



1. annulatus, F. Mant. Ins. ii. 363. 2 (1787); Gmel. ; Vill. ; 

 Lam. ; Latr. ; Meig. ; Steph. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gim. ; Stseg. qffinis, 

 Steph. Fuscus, thorace vittis duabus nigricantibus, alls subcinereis 

 nigro quinquefasciculatis, abdomine fasciis albidis, pedibus testaceis, 

 tarsis fasciis albidis. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-6 1 lin. 



Brown. Proboscis testaceous, brown towards the tip. Thorax with 

 two blackish stripes. Wings slightly greyish ; veins and borders fringed 

 with black scales, which form five tufts on the forks of the veins. Ab- 

 domen with a whitish baud on the fore border of each segment. Legs 

 dull testaceous ; femora and tibire irregularly marked with black, their 

 tips black ; tarsi black, with five whitish bands. Male. Palpi blackish, 

 testaceous from a little beyond the middle to the tips, with a whitish 

 band a little before the middle. Antennas whitish, with black bands 

 and tips. Fern. Antenna3 black. 



Generally distributed. Frequents houses. (E. S. I.) 



2. cantans, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 6. 6 (1818); Steph.; Mcq.; 

 Zett. ; Gim. ; Stseg. maculatus, Meig. ; Steph. Ferrngineus, thorace 

 vittis duabus fuscis, alis sublimpidis, abdomine nigro-fusco fasciis albidis, 

 pedibus testaceis, tarsis nigris albo-fasciatis. Long. 3| 4 ; alar. 6-6 

 lin. 



Ferruginous. Thorax with two brown stripes. Pectus with whitish 

 tomentum. Wings nearly limpid ; veins and borders fringed with brown 

 scales. Abdomen blackish-brown ; a whitish band on the fore border of 

 each segment. Legs testaceous, pubescent ; tarsi black, with a white 

 band at the base of each joint ; metatarsus mostly testaceous. Male. 

 Palpi testaceous, with two whitish bands, black, and with black hairs 

 towards the tips. Antennae whitish, with black bands and tips. Ab- 

 domen whitish along each side. Fern. Antenna? brown, testaceous to- 

 wards the base. 



Not common. (E.) 



3. annulipes? Meig. Zw. vi. 241. 15 (1830); Gim.; St,a2g. ; Zett. 

 Mas, nigro-fuscus, alis sublimpidis, abdomine fasciis albidis, pedibus tes- 

 taceis, tarsis fuscis albo-fasciatis. Long. 2| ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Blackish-brown. Palpi blackish, with two white bands. An- 

 tenna? whitish, with black bands and tips. Thorax with pale down. 

 Pectus with whitish tomentuin. Wings nearly limpid ; veins and bor- 

 ders fringed with brown scales. Abdomen blackish-brown ; a ichil.ixh 

 band on the fore border of each segment, dilated angularly on each side. 

 Legs testaceous ; tarsi brown, with a white band at the base of each 

 joint. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) This species much re- 

 sembles C. cantans, but is smaller, the legs are more slender, and 

 the tarsi proportionately much longer. 



4. fumipennis, Steph. Zool. Journ. i. 453. 5 (1825). Feem. rufo- 

 lestaceus, thoracis dorso fusco subrithito, alis subcinereis, abdomine fusco, 



