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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS 
  — 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CULICIDAE 
  IN 
  THE 
  BRITISH 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  dark 
  brown 
  ones, 
  most 
  numerous 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  third, 
  where 
  the 
  golden 
  yellow 
  ones 
  

   tend 
  to 
  form 
  two 
  distinct 
  lines, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bare 
  space 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   seutellum 
  ; 
  scutellar 
  scales 
  golden 
  yellow 
  ; 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  femora 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   dark 
  ; 
  hypopygium 
  as 
  in 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Length 
  about 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  British 
  East 
  Africa: 
  6 
  <$ 
  (including 
  type) 
  12 
  ?, 
  Kabete, 
  2. 
  viii. 
  1913 
  (T. 
  J. 
  

   Anderson); 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  bucket 
  of 
  rain-water 
  on 
  the 
  Government 
  

   Farm. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Culex 
  simpsoni, 
  Theo. 
  

   Larva 
  whitish, 
  with 
  very 
  dark 
  head 
  and 
  siphon. 
  Head 
  tufts 
  composed 
  of 
  4-6 
  

   plumose 
  hairs, 
  the 
  two 
  pairs 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  very 
  close 
  together. 
  Tuft 
  of 
  antenna 
  at 
  

   about 
  f 
  . 
  Comb 
  of 
  eighth 
  segment 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  about 
  60 
  scales, 
  roughly 
  

   equal 
  in 
  size. 
  Siphon 
  about 
  5X1, 
  pecten 
  consisting 
  of 
  about 
  15 
  teeth, 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  siphon 
  ; 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  ventral 
  hair-tufts 
  and 
  one 
  lateral 
  pair 
  at 
  about 
  f 
  . 
  

  

  