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quinius dilatati, ad latera reflexi. Antennae plumosae. Fcem. Palpi 



4-articulati, simplices, recti, subnudi. Antennas breviter pilosae. 



Body elongated, pubescent, grey or testaceous, of moderate size. 

 Head small. Eyes transversely lunate, connected above the antennae. 

 Proboscis porrect, a little longer than the antennae. Palpi porrect, as 

 long as the proboscis. Antennae fourteen-jointed, porrect, filiform, almost 

 as long as the thorax. Thorax elongated, slightly convex, impressed in 

 front of the scutellum, which is small. Wings narrow, elongated, lan- 

 ceolate, incumbent, as long as the abdomen ; veins fringed with scales, 

 in structure like those of Culex. Halteres small. Abdomen with eight 

 segments, narrow, about twice the length of the thorax. Legs very long 

 and slender, unarmed, nearly bare ; coxae short ; tibiae minutely spinu- 

 lose ; tarsi very long, especially the hind pair ; ungues small. Male. 

 Palpi five-jointed ; fourth and fifth joints dilated, laterally reflexed. An- 

 tennae plumose. Fern. Palpi four-jointed, simple, straight, nearly bare. 

 Antennae pilose ; hairs short. Larva differing from that of Culex in 

 having two oval tubercles behind the head, and two smaller tubercles 

 near the tail, beneath which there are many long setae. 



This genus much resembles Culex in appearance, but the species 

 are comparatively scarce, and the females are not blood-suckers. 



1. bifurcatus, L. F. S. ii. 1002 (1767) ; F. ; Schr. ; Grnel. ; Meig. ; 

 Steph. ; Hal. ; Curt. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gim. ; Staeg. ; Loew. trifurcatus, 

 F. claviger, Meig. Kl. ; F. plumbeus, Steph. ; Hal. Fuscus, thorace 

 vittis quatuor albidis, alls sublimpidis, venis fuscis fuscoque ciliatis, ab- 

 domine pallide fusco fasciis obscurioribus, pedibus testaceis, genubus 

 albidis. Long. 3-3|- ; alar. 6-7 lin. 



Brown. Proboscis black at the tip. Palpi testaceous. Thorax with 

 four whitish stripes. Wings nearly limpid ; veins brown, fringed with 

 brown hairs. Abdomen pale brown ; hind borders of the segments 

 darker. Legs dull testaceous ; knees whitish. Male. Antennae testa- 

 ceous, with brown rings. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



2. maculipennis, Meig. Zw. i. 11. 2 (1818); Steph.; Hal.; 

 Curt. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gira. ; Staeg. ; Loew. bifurcatus, Meig. Kl. 

 grisescens?, Steph. Fuscus, thorace vittis quatuor testaceis, alis sub- 

 limpidis, venis fuscis ciliis fasciculisque nigricantibus, pedibus fuscis, 

 femoribus testaceis, genubus tibiisque apice albidis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 

 7 lin. 



Brown. Proboscis testaceous. Thorax with four testaceous stripes. 

 Wings nearly limpid ; veins broton, fringed with blackish hairs, which 

 are thickest and longest about the middle, near the costa, and towards the 

 tips. Legs brown ; femora testaceous ; knees and tips of the tibiae 

 whitish. Male. Antenme testaceous, with black bands. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



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