NEW CULICID^E FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ETC. 131 



apical band also, they are mottled with black and white scales all 

 over. Femora, tibiae, and metatarsi mostly white scaled below. 

 Tarsi deep black all over except for the white basal bands. 



Wings rather densely scaled with black scales. First fork cell 

 considerably longer and narrower than the second fork cell, its stem 

 somewhat over half the length of the cell. Supernumerary and mid 

 cross-veins in a line with each other, posterior cross-vein about its 

 own length distant from the mid cross-vein. Halteres with light 

 stems and dark knobs which bear small white scales. 



Length 5-6-5 mm. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Observations. — Described from three females. 



Of two of the specimens identified as belonging to this 

 species Dr. Cleland says : — " King's Park, Perth, and in closet, 

 Perth . . . Vicious. Bites by day and all the year round." 

 Specimen taken September 23tb, 1906, and of the third, re- 

 ferring to the larvae from which the specimen was hatched : — 

 " Overflow from Port River, Adelaide, clear but still water. 

 Salt, though perhaps not quite as salt as the sea. Enormous 

 numbers of larvte, especially in the shade. Most remained about 

 four inches under water, occasionally coming up to surface. 

 There seemed to be a stratum at this layer as various things 

 floated there. Pupae appeared January 29th, 1906; nymphs, 

 January 31st, 1906." 



The species is allied to Culicelsa alboannidatus, Macquart, 

 but can be at once distinguished from it by the absence of 

 a white ring near the apex of the femora. 



Culicelsa uniformis, n. sp. 



Thorax uniformly clothed with golden brown scales, except just 

 before the scutellum where they are paler. Scutellum with creamy 

 scales. Abdomen black with light ochreous basal bands. Tarsi 

 black with snowy white basal bands. 



? . Head black with creamy narrow curved scales at the back, 

 more golden brown in front. The upright forked scales are black. 

 The flat scales are black and white in patches. Palpi dark scaled 

 with a few white scales and hairs at the apex. 



Thorax black with uniform golden brown narrow curved scales, 

 except before the scutellum wlaere they are of a lighter colour. 

 Scutellum with creamy narrow curved scales. Prothoracic lobes 

 with ochreous narrow curved scales, spindle-shaped scales and 

 bristles. Pleura3 with ochreous and white scales. Abdomen basally 

 banded with light ochreous scales. Apical segment mottled and 

 apically banded, the basal band is absent. The next segment is 

 both apically and basally banded. Ventral surface creamy scaled. 

 Femora mottled, ochreous and dark, knee spot ochreous. Tibaa 

 unhanded. Tarsi with sharply defined white basal bands. First 

 and second legs with last two tarsi unhanded. Hind legs with all 

 tarsi banded. 



Wings not very densely scaled. First fork cell longer and 



