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on each side, particiilarlv in the female. Legs dark brown except 

 the yellowish white coxae, inner side of femora and posterior side 

 of the tibiae; tii? of femora clothed with yellowish white scales. 



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Fig. 46 Unequal claws of Culex 

 azarensis 



Fig. 47 Labial plate of C. lazarensis 



Ungues unidentate. Wings hyaline, veins clothed with rather long 

 scales; posterior cross vein about its own length from mid cros» 

 vein; petiole of first submarginal cell about one third the length 



Fig 48 Comb of C. lazarensis 



of the cell, that of the second submarginal cell about equaL 

 Length of body i^j in. ; wing spread, ^s i^i- Coloration nearly 

 the same in both sexes. 



Female. Antennae clothed 

 with sparse gray hairs. 

 Palps brown, frequently 

 well sprinkled with white 

 scales, short, about one fifth. 

 the length of the long, 

 brown proboscis. Abdomi- 

 nal cross bands decidedly 

 narrower in the middle and 

 well prolonged laterally, 

 ventral surface suffu'sed 

 with white scales. Termi- 

 nal segment not marked 

 and ovipositor acute at the 



Fig. 49 Two comb scales of C. lazarensis ,. 



Male. Plumes of the white banded antennae, grayish. Palps 

 very long, slender, and clothed with purplish brown scales. 

 White abdominal bands very broad, covering nearly the basal half 



