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antice paullo depressus. Alee angustas, elongatas, incumbentes, ab- 

 dominis longitudine, apud venas squamosas. Abdomen pilosulum, 

 thorace duplo longius. Pedes graciles, sat longi, subnudi, inermes ; 

 tibias tenuiter spinulosas, ungues parvi. Mas. Antennas plumosse. 

 Forceps analis modice longa. Fcem. Antennas breviter pilosas. For- 

 ceps analis brevis. 



Body elongate, small, pubescent. Head small. Eyes transversely 

 lunate, connected above the antennas. Proboscis porrect, as long as 

 the antennas. Palpi very short. Antennas fourteen-jointed, porrect, 

 filiform, as long as the thorax. Thorax slightly convex, rather de- 

 pressed in front. Wings elongated, narrow, incumbent, as long as the 

 abdomen ; veins fringed with scales, similar in structure to those of 

 Culex. Halteres small. Abdomen slender, slightly pilose, twice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs slender, unarmed, rather long, nearly bare ; 

 tibias minutely spinulose; ungues small. Male. Antennas plumose. 

 Anal forceps moderately long. Fern. Antennas pilose; hairs short. 

 Anal forceps short. 



The only known species of this genus frequents marshy spots, 

 and the larva is probably aquatic. 



1. cinereus, Hoffm.; Meig. Zw. i. 13. 1 (1818)- Mcq.; Stasg. ; 

 Zett. ; Lehm. Cinereus, thorace rufo-hirto, alis immaculatis, femori- 

 bus pallidioribus. Long. 2-2|; alar. 4 lin. 



Eare. Found by the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, in Cambridgeshire, 

 and by Mr. Haliday in the county of Cork. (E. I.) 



Genus II. CULEX. 



CULEX, Meig. Zw. i. 1 (1818) ; Steph. ; Curt. ; Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zett. ; 

 Stasg. Culex p., L. ; F. ; D. G. ; Schr. 



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

 versim lunati, supra antennas conjunct!. Proboscis porrecta, anten- 

 nis paullo longior. Palpi porrecti, 5-articulati. Antennas 14-arti- 

 culatas, porrectas, filiformes, thoracis lougitudine. Thorax elongatns, 

 subconvexus. Scutellum parvum. Alas angustas, elongatas, lanceo- 

 latas, incumbentes, apud venas squamosas, abdominis longitudine. 

 Abdomen angustum, segmentis octo, thorace duplo longius. Pedes 

 longi, graciles, subnudi, inermes ; coxas breves ; tibias tenuiter spi- 

 nulosas; tarsi postici prassertim longissimi; ungues parvi. Mas. 

 Palpi proboscide paullo longiores. Antennas verticillato-plumosas. 

 Fcem. Palpi brevissimi. Antennas breviter verticillato-pilosas. 

 Body elongated, pubescent, brown, grey, or testaceous, of moderate 

 size. Head small. Eyes transversely lunate, connected above the an- 

 tennas. Proboscis porrect, a little longer than the antennas. Palpi 

 five-jointed, porrect. Antennas fourteen-jointed, porrect, filiform, as 

 long as the thorax. Thorax elongated, slightly convex. Scutellum 



