248 CULICIDjE. 



Ferruginous. Proboscis testaceous, black towards the tip. Thorax 

 with two hoary stripes. Things very slightly greyish ; veins brown, fringed 

 with brown hairs. Abdomen with a testaceous band on tJie fore border 

 of each segment. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brown. Male. Palpi testa- 

 ceous, black towards the tips. Antennae testaceous, with black rings. 

 Fern. Palpi and antennae black. Abdominal bands narrower and more 

 clearly marked than those of the male. 



The House Gnat. Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



8. bicolor, Meg.; Meig. Zw. i. 9. 13 (1818); Steph.; Gim. 

 Jlavirostris, Steph. punctatus, Meig.?; Gim.?; Steph. marginalis, 



Steph. Fcem. Ferrugineus, thoracis dorso fusco, alls sublimpidis, abdo- 

 mine testaceo suturis nigricanlibus, pedibus testaceis, tibiis tarsisque 

 fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5-16 lin. 



Fern. Ferruginous. Anteuna3 blackish. Thorax brown above, with 

 pale down. Wings nearly limpid ; veins brown, and fringed with brown 

 hairs. Abdomen testaceous ; sutures of the segments blackish. Legs tes- 

 taceous ; tibiae and tarsi brown ; posterior tibiae testaceous abo\it the 

 middle. 



Not rare. (E.) 



9. lutescens, F. Sp. Ins. ii. 470 (1781); Vill.; Gmel. ; Meig.; 

 Steph. ; Gim. Testaceus, thoracis dorso ferrugineo vittis duabus obscu- 

 rioribus, alis limpidis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5^6 lin. 



Testaceous. Proboscis black towards the tip. Thorax above ferru- 

 ginous, with two darker stripes. Wings lim,pid, with a pale yellowish 

 tinge in front ; veins pale. Male. Palpi black towards the tips. An- 

 tennae with black rings. Fern. Palpi and antennae black. 



Not rare. (E.) This and C. bicolor may be varieties of one 

 species, or both may be varieties of C. ciliaris. 



Genus III. ANOPHELES. 



ANOPHELES, Meig. Zw. i. 10 (1818); Steph.; Curt.; Mcq. ; Hal.; 

 Zett. ; Westw. ; Staeg. ; Loew. Culex p., L. ; F. ; Schr. ; Gmel. ; 

 Meig. Kl. 



Corpus elongatum, mediocre, pubescens. Caput parvum. Oculi trans- 

 versim lunati, supra antennas conjuncti. Proboscis porrecta, antennis 

 paullo longior. Palpi porrecti, proboscidis longitudine. Antennae 14- 

 articulatae, porrectae, filiformes, thorace vix breviores. Thorax eloii- 

 gatus, subconvexus, ante scutellum impressus. Scutellum parvum. 

 Alae angusta?, elongatae, lanceolatae, incuuibentes, apud venas squa- 

 mosae, abdominis longitudine. Abdomen angustum, segmcntis octo, 

 thorace duplo longius. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi, subuudi, inermes ; 

 coxae breves ; tibiae tenuiter spiuulosae ; tarsi postici prasertim lon- 

 gissiuii; ungues parvi. Mas. Palpi 5-articulati ; articuli quartus et 



