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water, and breeding is probably continuous and the adult 

 hibernates. 



The male described here is one of a series sent me by 

 Professor J. B. Smith. 



A comparison of the photograph of the wing scales and those 



A 



a. 



Fig. 232. e 



Culex melanurus. Coquillett. 



a, Scales from siphon comb ; b, siphon and anal segment ; c, scale 

 of comb on 8th segment ; d, labial plate ; e, antenna. 



of a typical Culex show at once that Mr. Coquillett was wrong in 

 placing it in that genus, and that it should be referred to the 

 genus Melanoconion. 



The species is distinct and is very large for a Melanoconion. 

 It approaches none seen or described at present. 



No J has been received. 



Melanoconion annulipes. n. sp. 



Head deep brown with grey scales ; thorax deep rich brown, 

 paler in the middle : abdomen deep brown with basal white lateral 

 spots. Legs deep brown with the tarsals with apical and basal 

 pale banding, the last hind tarsal pale ventrally. 



9 . Head deep brown with long thin narrow-curved grey 

 scales and some dusky ones, the palest around the border of the 



