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linienartigen Striemen; Brustseiten gelblich. Jeder Hinterleibsabschnitt an der 

 Basis mit weisser Binde. Flugel wasserklar mlt braunen Schuppchen, und in 

 gewisser Kichtung weisslichen Pransen des Innenrandes. Beine in gewisser Rich- 

 tung hin und vrieder weisslich. — In meiner Sammlung. 



GBiaii^Ai, Desceiption op Anopheles FEBBuoiNOstrs : 



Perruginosus ;abdomine fusco; alis immaculatis. Rostbraun; Hinterleib schwarz- 

 lichbraun; Flugel ungefleckt. — 2 1/2 Linien ? — Aus Neu-Orleans. 



Say Journ. Acad. Philad. iii. 10, 2 : Cul. quinquefasciatus.* 



Piihler und Taster braun, diese dunkeler mit an der Wurzel wenig schneeweissen 

 Gliedern. Ruchenschild gesattigt rostbraun, nur in gewisser Richtung, besonders 

 von hinten betracbtet, weisslich, und dann linienfonnige Striemen zelgend. Hin- 

 terriicken ohne Striemen. Hinterleib braunschwarzlich, gelbichbebaart. Flugeladern 

 braunbeschuppt; Sch winger fast weiss mit braunem Knopf e. Beine ktirzer als bei 

 der vorlgen Art, schwarzlichbraun, mit gelblichen Schenkeln. — In meiner Sammlung. 



• Alle von Thom. Bay aufgefillirten Arten habe ich, ausser sehr wenlgen mit t bezeichneten, 

 Dacb den Originallen eelbst beschrlebcn. 



Geiginal Desceiption of Ctoex flavipes : 



Fuscus; capite thoraceque sguamis auratis; alis flavicantibus, sguamis fiavis. 



Long. 2 1/2 1. 5. 



Trompe brunatre. Abdomen jaune (privfi d'ficailles), pieds d'un fauve pale. 



Du Chili (Concepcion), rapports par M. Durville. Museum. 



Get individu, presqu'entiferement priv6 de ses €cailles, se rapproche du C. pipiens. 



Geiginal Desceiption of Culex cubensis : 



Culex. Pallide fiavus, capite flavo; oculis piceis; antennia fiavis, pilis fiavieantiius ; 

 thorace, duabus vittis ferrugineis, abdomine pallide fiavo, incisuris obscurioribus, 

 pedibus pallide fiavis; incisuris tarsisque dilute fuscis; alis hyalinis marginibus 

 villosis. — ^Longit. 4-G mlllim. 



HS.Ilase en la coleccion de M. Gu6rin-M6neville. 



Las descripciones demasiado concisas y las mas veces del todo insuficientes, dadas 

 por Ids autores relativamente S. los insectos del ggnero culex, no nos permiten 

 decedir con certeza si esta especie babia sido estudiada anterlormente, y en la duda, 

 resolvemos & publicarla como neuva. 



Obioinal Description of Gules penafieli: 



Culex sp. nov? j?, J. — Fiavus, capite rufo, antennis fusconigris, palpis et rostri 

 parte apicale fuscis, thoracis dorso ex fiavo ferrugineo abdominis marginibus seg- 

 mentorum singulorum posterioribus plus minusve luteis, femoribus apicem versus 

 tibiis tarsisque fuscis; alae hyalinae, venis fuscotomentosis. Long. corp. 6-7 mm. 



Geiginal Desceiption of Culex sKusn: 



Wings unspotted; tarsi uniformly coloured; thorax orange-brown, with four lines 

 of golden hairs, as in C. Bancroftii. Abdominal segments violet-black, with narrow 

 ochreous basal bands. Distinguished from the preceding by certain trifling dif- 

 ferences of wing venation and its lighter colour. The resemblance to C. ciliaris ap- 

 pears much less marked. 



Description from " S. A. C," p. 1748. — ^Length of antennae (J 2.14 mm.; $ 2.54 mm.; 

 expanse of wings c? 4.06 X 1.01 mm.; $ 4.56 X 1.13 mm.; size of body r? 5.58 X 1.01 

 mm.; 2 5.58 X 1.18 mm. ° 



c? and ? — Antennae light brown; scapus ocherous, except apical half of second 

 joint; In the ^ more than three-fourths the length of the palpi, basal half of flagellar 

 joints, saving the last whitish; in the ? somewhat longer than the proboscis. Head 

 brown or ocherous brown (when denuded), densely clothed with golden hairs and 

 scales. Proboscis ochre-brown scaled, dark violet at base and towards the end- in 

 the S about seven times the length of the palpi. Palpi of the ^ light ochre-brown, 

 with faintly violet scales, the fourth joint with a pale naked yellow ring at the base; 

 In the $ vlolet-black-scaled. Thorax generally orange-brown, sometimes darker 

 (when denuded) densely golden scaled, in fresh specimens, transversed by four flne 

 naked lines, arranged as In O. Bancroftii (No. 14, p. 221) ; sides and back of thorax 

 densely beset with long golden hairs; pleurae orange-brown, frequently very pale, 

 with a few small, often Indistinct, white scaled patches; scutellum yellowish or 

 brownish, golden scaled and fringed with long golden hairs; metanotum ochreous. 

 Halteres pallid or ochre-yellow, the club more dusky. Abdomen more than twice the 



