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■ Culex lateropunctata Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 458, 1907. 



Culex eqiiivocator Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 203, 



1907. 

 Culex elocutilis Dyar & Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., Quart. Iss., 



lii, 255, 1909. 

 Culex delys Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Cent. Am. & 



W. Ind., iii, 317, 1915. 



18. Culex (Culex) virgultus Theobald. 



Culex virgultus Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 123, 1901. 



Culex bilineatus Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 196, 1903. 



Culex declarator Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 211, 



1906. 

 Culex inquisitor Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 211, 



1906. 

 Culex proclamator Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 



211, 1906. 

 Culex jubilator Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 201, 



1907. 

 Culex revelator Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 202, 



1907. 

 Culex vindicator Dyar & Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., Quart. Iss., 



lii, 255, 1909. 

 Culex dictator Dyar & Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., Quart. Iss., lii, 



255, 1909. 



Culex virgultus was described from two males, of which the 

 genitalia were examined. There can be no doubt that this is 

 the earliest name for the species, the known distribution being 

 extended to Brazil. Culex bilineatus was described from a 

 female and a male, Theobald distinctly stating that the female 

 has toothed claws. On this account, I referred the species to 

 Aedes, and placed it tentatively in the scapularis group (Ins. 

 Ins. Mens., viii, 105, 1920). Dr. and Mrs. Bonne find that 

 the male is a Culex, and of the present species. If the female 

 had been an Aedes, I am certain that their attention would 

 have been attracted to the discrepancy. The only other expla- 

 nation is that Theobald made a mistake, and should have de- 

 scribed the claws of the female as simple. As this is by no 

 means a violent assumption, I have arranged the synonymy on 

 this basis. As further confirmation, it may be noted that 

 Theobald says of the female bilineatus, "apex of abdomen 



