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nearly right angles. Harpagones enlarged at base, strongly angu- 

 fate near the nSddle and ^'ith one very large, stout, chitmous spine 

 laie iiccti ^^^ mimerous minor 



ones. These latter 

 appear much like 

 long, fused, chitinous 

 processes. Unci slen- 

 der, tapering to a 

 broadly rounded 

 apex. Setaceous 

 lobes indeterminate 

 in the _ preparation . 

 This species is close- 

 ly allied to C. t i g r i - 

 pes Grand., both 



F,= ., C.lexco.colcr. a portion o£ the ha^es and presenting a mOSt 111- 



■ ' ^S?2°e, ^Sb e'Strgf/'cori^ff ■ terestkig Stage, sho^-- 



ing the partial divi- 

 sion of the harpagones. In these two species the main chitinous spur 

 is well marked and the numerous smaller ones at its base are so well 

 divided that it is easy to see the connection between these and the 

 same spurs more strongly developed in such species as C . a n n u - 



1 i r o s t r i s Skuse. 



Culex viridiventer Giles. Genitalia, male. Basal clasp segment 

 ver. stout broad, with a broadlv rounded apex. Termmal clasp 

 ^^"^ stout, , ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^g^ tapering gradually m a 



double S-shaped ciu^^e to an acute apex. 

 This segment is remarkable because of the 

 series of irregular, coarse setae along the 

 middle of the ventral margin. Harpes stout, 

 terminated bv a dense series of coarse, 

 chitinous spines, the outer ones blunt, the 

 inner acute. Harpagones rather slender, 

 tapering to an acute tip. Unci approximate, 

 tapering rapidlv to an acute tip and remark- 

 able be'cause of the series of stout, chitmous 

 teeth along the middle of the ventral 

 margin and the pair of stout teeth side by 

 side near the base. Setaceous lobes weakly 

 developed and bearing a series of fine, long, 

 curved setae. [PL 14, fig- i] 



This species presents remarkable features 

 in the serrations of the terminal clasp seg- 

 ment and the ver>^ pronoimced ones on the 

 Vinci, reminding one somewhat of similar 

 structures occurring in Megarhinus. It might 

 • ■^- well be referred to a new genus and we 



G. 16 Culex viridi- " '^ ^ 



venter, terminal clasp .ppf^oin frOm CrCCting OnC DCCaUSe DI OUr 

 segment, much enlarged iciiam xx^ f -r j • r 



(Original) unfamiliaritv with the Indian tauna. 



