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paler brown ones in front and pale golden and brown hairs pro- 

 jecting forwards. 



Palpi, proboscis and antennae deep brown. 



Thorax deep brown to black with narrow-curved scales, two 

 lines of pale dull yellowish ones in the middle, and similar 

 coloured ones at the sides, sending in a curved line to meet the 

 median ones, the spaces between forming two large oval areas of 

 seemingly darker colour ; chaetae dark brown ; scutellum with 

 similar scales and long dark brown chaetae to the mid lobe and 

 lateral lobes ; metanotum rich brown ; pleurae ochreous, with 

 some patches of pale flat scales. 



Abdomen deep brown with basal white bands and pallid 

 border-bristles ; scales apparently ragged and not as closely 

 compressed as usual. 



Legs deep brown, femora paler at base and beneath ; ungues 

 equal and simple. 



Wings short : the first sub-marginal cell much longer, but 

 very little narrower than the second posterior cell ; its stem 

 short, about one-fourth the length of the cell \ stem of the 

 second posterior about two-thirds the length of the cell ; upper 

 branch of the fifth vein much curved upwards at its base ; 

 posterior cross-vein about three times its own length distant 

 from the mid cross-vein ; halteres entirely pale ochreous. 



Length. — 5 mm. 



Habitat— Adelaide (W. W. Froggatt). 



Time of capture. — November. 



Observations. — Described from a perfect 9 . The abdomen 

 seems to be rather crumpled. The dark patch on each side of 

 the front of the thorax seems to be partly due to shrinkage and 

 light, as, under the two-third power, the thoracic scales look 

 uniform. Skuse's Culex linealis probably comes near this, but 

 the four distinct lines of golden scales with bare spaces between, 

 described by Skuse in linealis, at once separate it. 



Culex pseudomelanoconia. n. sp. 



Head with dull golden brown scales ; proboscis unhanded. 



Thorax with golden scales and two median bare dark lines, 

 the golden scales forming somewhat prominent lines on the sides 

 of the bare spaces. Abdomen deep brown, unhanded, with 

 golden border-bristles; pale scaled ventrally. Legs deep brown, 

 unbanded. 



