BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 
1743 
204. CuLEX COMMOVENS, Walker. 
Culex coniniovens, Walk., Insecta Saunclei’siana, Vol. I. Diptera, 
1856, p. 432. 
“ 9- — Fusca, rohusta ; proboscis testacea, sup)ra apiceque nigri- 
cans ; palpi testacei ; antennce testacecc fasciis nigricantihus ; 
thorax vittatus ? ; abdomen fulvo fasciatum ; pedes fulvi, validi, 
femoribus tibiis et tarsorum articidis apice fuscescentibus ; alee 
limpidce^ venis testaceis fresco notatis." 
“Described from injured specimens. Brown, stout. Proboscis 
long, stout, straight, testaceous, blackish towards the base above 
and at the tip. Palpi testaceous, rather more than half the length 
of the proboscis. Antennae testaceous, with very slender blackish 
bands, shorter than the antennce (/) Thoi’ax striped ? Abdomen 
with tawny bands. Legs tawny, stout ; tips of the femora, of the 
tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi brownish. Wings limpid ; 
veins testaceous, with some brownish marks. Length of the body 
4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines.” 
“ New Holland.” 
205. Culex australis, Erichson. 
Culex australis, Erichs., Archiv fiir Naturg. Vol. VIII. 1842, 
p. 270. 
“ Testaceus, thorace dorso fusco, abdomine nigro-fasciato, 
femoribus tibiisque sumrao apice pjcdlidis. 
Antennae luteous. Proboscis somewhat elongate, palpi a 
little shorter than it in the Head fuscous-testaceous. Thorax 
fuscous on the back, testaceous at the pleurae and below. Abdo- 
men covered with a grey pilosity, segments pale at the base, 
Vjlack at the apex. L<;gs fu.scous-te.staceous, with the femora and 
tibiae white at the extreme apex. Wings hyaline, veins testaceous, 
with the anterior ones fuscous-villose. Length of the body 3| 
lines ; of the proboscis 2 lines. 
“ Ilab. — Tasmania.” 
