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and numerous dark brown upright forked scales except in the 

 mid line, chaetae brown ; palpi slender and small, brown scaled, 

 with black bristles ; proboscis and antennae brown ; basal 

 segment and base of second segment of the latter paler. 



Thorax dusky brown with two median dark lines aod 

 numerous small curved pale golden-brown scales and golden- 

 brown bristles, the two dark lines have scantier scales than the 

 rest of the mesonotum ; the scales paler before the scutellum 5 

 scutellum paler than the mesonotum with paler scales and pallid 

 border -bristles ; metanotum pale greyish-brown ; pleurae pale 

 ochreous with some dark spots in a curved line above, one larger 

 one below. 



Abdomen brown, traces of some paler brown scales at the 

 base of some segments, posterior border-bristles pale, giving a 

 false banded appearance when viewed with a lens. 



Legs brown, unhanded ; femora pale grey beneath ; ungues 

 small, equal and simple. 



Wings with typical Culex scales ; the first sub-marginal 

 longer and slightly narrower than the second posterior cell, its 

 base nearer the base of the wing, its stem about half the length 

 of the cell ; stem of the second posterior cell rather more than 

 half the length of the cell ; posterior cross-vein sloping back- 

 wards about one and a half times its own length distant from 

 the mid cross-vein. 



Halteres with pale stem and expanded fuscous knob. 



Length. — 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Peradeniya, Ceylon (E. E. Green). 



Time of capture. — March and September. 



Observations. — Described from two $? 's. It is a somewhat 

 obscure species, but may be identified by the fuscous appearance 

 of the head, uniform coloured thorax and unbanded abdomen. 



Culex salinarius. Coquillett (1904). 



Ento. News/ Feb. (1904), p. 73, Coquillett; Mosq. N. Y. Bull. 79, Ent. 22, 

 N. Y. St. Mus., p. 332 (1904), Felt. 



Head brown with ochreous and brown scales ; palpi and 

 proboscis deep brown ; thorax rich brown with two median 

 parallel bare dark lines ; abdomen deep brown with or without 

 basal pale bands. Legs brown with bronzy sheen, paler beneath. 

 Ungues small, equal, and simple. 



9 . Head brown with narrow-curved pale scales, numerous 



