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ME. E. W. EDWARDS ON OLIGOCENE [vol. lxxix, 



Culex protorhestus Cockerell. (PL VII, figs. 1, 5, 7 & text- 

 fig. 3.) 



(j\ Culex protorhinus Cockerell, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xlix (1916) 

 p. 488 & pi. lxii, fig. 2. 



According to Prof. Cockerell's description, which is supported 

 by Dr. R. S. Bassler's photograph, the type of C. protorliinus is 

 distinctly larger than that of A. protolepis. It is a male of 

 which only the head and thorax, portions of the proboscis and one 

 antenna, and the first few segments of the unhanded abdomen are 

 visible. It is, therefore, quite impossible to compare it satis- 

 factorily with any other specimen, except in regard to its size, 

 unless the palpi or the tip of the abdomen can be dug out. From 

 the nature of the specimen, as shown by the photograph, this, 

 could probably not be done. 



Fig. 3. — Culex protorhinus GocTcerell (?). 



a, tip of abdomen of c? , 1. 17138, X 37 : 7 & 8, seventh and eighth segments. 

 The claspers are incomplete at the base and tip. b, loose wing, H. 463, X 10 : 

 no scales preserved, c, d, head and tip of abdomen of J, I. 10272 : c X 22, 

 d X 37. e, tip of wing of $ , I. 9408, X 22 : a few fringe-scales are visible. 

 /, palpi and base of proboscis and antenna of $ , H. 540, X 22 : the palpi 

 show some indication of a minute terminal segment. 



There are eight specimens in the British Museum Collection, 

 and six others in the Hooley Collection, which seem distinctly 

 larger than any A. protolepis, and differ from it in various other 

 respects. Although it is improbable that these all belong to the 

 same species, they may be referred provisionally to Culex 



