O LIST OF DIPTERA. 



less ; veins brown ; poisers yellow, with brown tips. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Culex punctor, Kirby, North Amer. Zool. Ins. 309, 1. 

 a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Culex impiger, n. s., fern. Niger, capite thoraceque fiavo hirtis, 

 thoracis lateribus albo hirtis, abdominis segmentis supra albo 

 fasciatis subtus albis aut flavis, pedibus obscure flavis, femoribus 

 iibiisque apice tarsisque nigris, alis limpidis. 



Body black : head and chest clothed with yellow hairs : sides 

 of the chest clothed with white hairs : abdomen white or yellow be- 

 neath, and having on its back a band of white hairs at the fore bor- 

 der of each segment : legs very dingy yellow ; feet, and tips of the 

 thighs and of the shanks, black : wings colourless ; veins brown ; 

 poisers yellow, with brown knobs. Length of the body 2 lines ; of 

 the wings 4 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Culex C. pipiens, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 807, 4. Dahl. Scand. 



Ins. Lund. 1833, 7. 

 a. Alten, Finmark. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Note. — If, as Mr. Haliclay has supposed, this species is the 

 Culex pipiens of Linneus, that name, by which it is described in 

 Zetterstedt's work, must be transferred to it, and the C. pipiens of 

 more southern entomologists must receive a new denomination. 



Culex detritus, Holiday, Ent. Mag. i. 151. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 



183. 

 a. England. 



Culex iracundus, n. s., fern. Niger, capite thoraceque aureo hirtis, 

 abdomine supra flavo, subtus albo cincto, pedibus purpureo-fuscis, 

 femoribus flavis, alis limpidis. 



Body black : head and chest clothed with golden hairs : abdo- 

 men with a yellow band at the fore border of each segment ; these 

 bands are most narrow in the middle, and they are white on the un- 

 der-side : legs purplish brown ; thighs dull pale yellow, with brown 

 tips : wings colourless ; veins pale brown ; poisers pale yellow, with 

 brown knobs. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 



