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marked lines mentioned in the third volun-ie (p. 144) of my 

 'Monograph of CulicidnB.' The abdominal ornamentation also 



Wing of Stegomyia scutellaris, Walker, J . 



differs and the wings are relatively much shorter, as bhown in 

 the figures given here. 



Culex jcpi^oni, n. sp. 



Head rich brown, a narrow pale border around the eyes, broaden- 

 ing out laterally. Proboscis black, with a distinct narrow median 

 creamy-white band. Thorax brown, with darker lines and some 

 patches of indistinct paler scales. Abdomen blackish, with basal 

 white bands above and below, the latter broadest. Legs deep brown, 

 with narrow apical and basal pale banding ; ungues equal and 

 simple. 



? . Head deep shiny black, with narrow-curved dusky and dull 

 creamy scales, the latter especially forming a narrow border around 

 the eyes which runs at the sides into a dull white scaled area, the 

 whole area (except the tiat white scaled lateral patches) with very 

 numerous dusky upright forked scales ; a row of long dark chaetge 



Wing of Cule.r. J<-psoiii, n. sp., J . 



project forwards over the eyes. Proboscis jet black, with a narrow 

 median creamy-white band ; palpi black ; the apex creamy-white and 

 black chsetge ; antennte deep blackish-brown, base of second segment 

 reddish-brown ; clypeus black. Thorax deep brown, with a median 

 and sub-median darker lines, clothed with narrow-curved brown and 

 dull golden-brown scales and four indistinct paler scaled spots, 

 almost golden in some lights ; chaetye black, with golden reflections 

 at their apices, especially dense and short and thick over the roots of 

 the wings ; around the bare space in front of the scutellum are pale 

 scales which spread on to the dark scutellum ; posterior border-bristles 



