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  III. 
  87 
  

  

  brown. 
  Bristles 
  black. 
  Eyes 
  touching. 
  Tori 
  and 
  clypeus 
  dark 
  brown, 
  bare, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  shining. 
  Proboscis 
  normal, 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   scales, 
  only 
  exceeding 
  the 
  proboscis 
  by 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  segment. 
  

   Long 
  segment 
  without 
  hairs 
  ; 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  rather 
  conspicuously 
  hairy, 
  gradually 
  

   tapering, 
  not 
  very 
  distinctly 
  separated, 
  penultimate 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  

   terminal. 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown, 
  integument 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  without 
  dark 
  markings 
  

   either 
  on 
  mesonotum 
  or 
  pleurae. 
  Mesonotal 
  bristles 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  scales 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  moderately 
  large. 
  A 
  narrow 
  line 
  of 
  inconspicuous 
  pale 
  flat 
  scales 
  extending 
  

   vertically 
  across 
  the 
  sternopleura. 
  Mesepimeron 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  a 
  distinct 
  lower 
  

   mesepimeral 
  bristle. 
  Abdomen 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  black-scaled 
  dorsally, 
  

   with 
  faint 
  traces 
  of 
  apical 
  lateral 
  segmental 
  pale 
  spots 
  ; 
  venter 
  rather 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   apical 
  margins 
  of 
  sternites 
  pale. 
  Eighth 
  sternite 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  apically, 
  as 
  

   in 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  group. 
  Hypopygium 
  : 
  lobe 
  of 
  side-piece 
  with 
  three 
  long, 
  

   slightly 
  sinuous 
  rods 
  with 
  hooked 
  tips 
  ; 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  shorter 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  flattened 
  

   bristles 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  but 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  leaf, 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  apically-placed 
  bristle. 
  

   Clasper 
  moderately 
  long, 
  gently 
  curved. 
  Tenth 
  sternites 
  with 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  

   dense 
  terminal 
  spines 
  ; 
  no 
  basal 
  arm 
  ; 
  no 
  subapical 
  membranous 
  expansion. 
  

   Mesosomal 
  lobes 
  with 
  their 
  inner 
  faces 
  tubercular 
  ; 
  tips 
  turned 
  outwards. 
  Legs 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  without 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  white 
  beneath 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  Wings 
  with 
  the 
  outstanding 
  scales 
  somewhat 
  

   clavate 
  ; 
  fork-cells 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  their 
  stems, 
  base 
  of 
  upper 
  slightly 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  wing 
  base 
  ; 
  cross-veins 
  separated 
  by 
  quite 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  posterior. 
  

   Wing-length 
  3-3-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  $. 
  Resembles 
  the 
  <$. 
  Palpi 
  short, 
  terminal 
  segment 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   somewhat 
  swollen, 
  hairy 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  Sudan 
  : 
  River 
  Menzi, 
  4.iii.l911, 
  3^ 
  (including 
  type) 
  ; 
  Bundle 
  to 
  Hierallah, 
  

   20.iii.1911, 
  \<$ 
  (H. 
  H. 
  King). 
  Presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  

   Theobald. 
  S. 
  Nigeria 
  : 
  Lagos, 
  xii.1901, 
  1 
  $ 
  {Dr. 
  H. 
  Strachan) 
  ; 
  Degema, 
  x-xii.1910, 
  

   1 
  $ 
  {Dr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Collett). 
  Ashanti 
  : 
  Obuasi, 
  ix.1907, 
  1 
  ? 
  {Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Graham). 
  

  

  Distinguishable 
  from 
  C. 
  rubinotus 
  by 
  the 
  larger 
  mesonotal 
  scales, 
  presence 
  of 
  

   lower 
  mesepimeral 
  bristle, 
  and 
  shorter 
  3* 
  palpi 
  ; 
  from 
  C. 
  salisbitriensis 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  

   of 
  mesepimeral 
  scales 
  and 
  shorter 
  $ 
  palpi 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  C. 
  rima 
  by 
  the 
  unmarked 
  pleural 
  

   integument 
  ; 
  also 
  from 
  all 
  these 
  by 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  hypop\ 
  T 
  gium. 
  

  

  Culex 
  rubinotus, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  mesonotal 
  scales 
  are 
  very 
  small, 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  its 
  

   three 
  allies, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  conditions 
  of 
  illumination 
  appear 
  quite 
  black. 
  The 
  mesonotal 
  

   integument 
  is 
  reddish, 
  but 
  not 
  always 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  bright 
  brick-red 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  type. 
  The 
  

   pleural 
  integument 
  is 
  lighter 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  without 
  dark 
  markings. 
  

   The 
  mesepimeron 
  is 
  remarkable 
  in 
  having 
  no 
  bristle 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  part 
  ; 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  

   any 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  of 
  $ 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  and 
  half 
  the 
  

   penultimate 
  ; 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Palpi 
  of 
  $ 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  

   segment 
  rather 
  short 
  and 
  swollen, 
  though 
  less 
  so 
  than 
  in 
  C. 
  salisburiensis. 
  Hypo- 
  

   pygium 
  : 
  lobe 
  of 
  side-piece 
  with 
  two 
  (or 
  three 
  ?) 
  long 
  rods, 
  two 
  shorter 
  curved 
  append- 
  

   ages, 
  and 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  but 
  pointed 
  leaf. 
  Clasper 
  rather 
  short 
  and 
  broad. 
  

   Basal 
  parts 
  almost 
  as 
  in 
  C. 
  kingianus, 
  but 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  mesosomal 
  lobes 
  

   are 
  more 
  prominent, 
  and 
  their 
  tips 
  are 
  not 
  recurved. 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  only 
  the 
  type 
  $ 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded, 
  but 
  additional 
  

   material 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Uganda 
  : 
  Kampala 
  

   Swamp, 
  xi.1909, 
  1 
  <J, 
  1 
  $ 
  {Major 
  A. 
  D. 
  Fraser). 
  Sudan 
  : 
  Meridi, 
  12.iii.1911, 
  1 
  $, 
  

   and 
  Idris, 
  16.iii.1911, 
  1 
  $ 
  {H. 
  H. 
  King). 
  

  

  