March, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 79 



specimens of E. ditetlaria Guthrie on a pile of lumber located 

 beneath a clump of pine trees {Pitms rigida) in Amherst. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 

 (all figures greatly enlarged). 

 Fig. I. — End of furcula. 

 Fig. 2. — Ocelli of left side. 

 Fig. 3. — One of the tarsi. 



Fig. 4. — Ventral aspect of the apex of the left mandible. 

 Fig. 5. — Dorsal aspect of the distal half of the left mandible. 



Culex brittoni n. sp. 

 By E. p. Felt. 



Calez brittoni n. sp — Female. — Probscis over half the length of the 

 body, dark brown, minutely flecked with gray scales, apex yellowish 

 gray. Palpi distinct, 5-segmented, basal two subglobular, the first very 

 dark brown, the second brown, both sparsely clothed with hairs ; third to 

 fourth thickly clothed with scales and ornamented with rather sparse, 

 long hairs ; third joint yellowish, fourth and fifth dark brown, the latter 

 yellowish at apex. Antennae filiform, dark brown, rather thickly clothed 

 with short, grayish hairs and with sparse, basal whorls of long setae. 

 Eyes dark brown or black, rather coarsely granulate. Occiput rather 

 sparsely clothed with short, curved, yellowish scales and with numerous 

 long, curved, black fork scales. Mesonotum with a pair of subdorsal, 

 light brown, naked stripes extending to the posterior third, the median 

 line and the lateral areas and posterior portions being dark brown and 

 clothed with sparse, long, black bristles and numerous finer, golden yel- 

 low ones. Laterally there are a few longer, yellow bristles. Scutellum 

 grayish, sparsely clothed with light golden yellow, curved scales, a few 

 longer ones posteriorly, and its posterior margin crowned centrally and 

 laterally with long, black setae, those on the sides forming distinct groups ; 

 patches of similar setae occur at the base of the wings. Metanotum yel- 

 lowish, smooth. Halteres yellowish, transparent. Abdomen clothed 

 with very dark brown, almost black scales with distinct basal bands of 

 yellowish white scales, those of the second and following segments being 

 slightly broader than the others. Ventral surface of abdomen yellowish. 

 Wings rather large, venation distinct, scales ver>' thick, brownish, almost 

 black along the costal margin, fringe slaty gray. Petiole of anterior fork 

 cell about one-half its length, that of the posterior fork cell shorter and a 

 little over half the length of its cell. Posterior cross vein about its own 

 length from mid cross vein. Basal third of the third longitudinal vein 

 with most of the linear scales appressed. Outer portion of fringe com- 

 posed of scales of several lengths, giving a distinctly uneven border. 

 Coxae and basal portion of femora yellowish white, the posterior portion 



