SPECIES OF CULEX AND ALLIED GENERA. 
Table of Females. 
243 
(Species of the Aedes group (not included in this table), though obscure-looking, 
nearly always have a flat-scaled head), 
1. Fore and mid ungues toothed ... wee was 2, 
All ungues simple os dct 5. 
2. Hind ungues toothed ... sine we ae ns sas re 
Pe » simple... sis aa ae PRE gas ee 4, 
3. Palpi more than half length of proboscis; wing scales broad ; 
legs shaggy ... : eae “a ae ... MUuCrDUS, E: 246. 
aie ieee ‘than half one th of proboscis; wing scales narrow 
legs not shaggy Ses sae ae ae OcHLEROTATUS, » p 246. 
4. Thorax bright yellow at the sides... ee BANKSINELLA, p. 245 
Sa not bright yellow at sides... ... OCHLEROTATUS, p. 246. 
5, Distinetly yellow species ; legs largely yellow TarnroruyNcuus, p. 251. 
Not yellow species... a Ac as : “ soe 6. 
6. Wing-scales all very broad (compare also Wereamyia) 
MANSONIOIDES, p. 253. 
. mostly narrow... : 500 ae Ss e (fe 
7. Head mostly covered with flat sehlew Gas in Stegomyia, etc.) 
LuDLowIA, p. 244. 
- Ks - 55 narrow curved scales... one sila 8. 
8. Head with a row of small flat scales round the eye-margins 
CULICIOMYIA, p. 254. 
Head without flat scales on the occiput bas -. : 9 9. 
9. Last two joints of hind tarsi white LupbLOowIA (Mueacuex), p. 244. 
< Pa ag not white ae : aiite day 1h OE 
10, Large to medium-sized species ; femora and Hees it pale spots 11. 
Femora and tibiae not spotted oe “ee ase 2.28 a aay 
11. Thorax with distinct narrow white lines; a pale ring before tips 
of femora... vec we she .- Theo. spathipalpis, p. 251. 
Thorax without white lines ... na sits ae “ibe engine lea: 
12. Thorax with the anterior two-thirds, or at least the middle third, 
with pale scales ons ss aa aise C. quasigelidus, p. 258. 
Thorax not so marked ; spots on legs more numerous C, tigripes, p. 261. 
13. Thorax with the anterior two-thirds bearing pale scales ... ited U4: 
» almost uniformly scaled —... ee = ast ace LO. 
14. Violet-blackish species whe sins ...  Laen, metallicus, p. 252. 
Not violet-blackish species ... - : a dss sree lie 
15. Abdominal segments with pale bedi paca spots C. annulioris, p. 259 
is padliont such spots ane - ... C. consimilis, p. 259. 
16. A well-defined margin of white scales to eyes ; small grey species, 
with small =ihfin basal spots on abdominal segments 
Prot. fuscum, p. 244. 
No well-defined rim of white scales to eyes (except sometimes in 
C. grahami) .. Soc “E ee - “Oe 50 sia puma 
17. Large species, nowt of tarsi basally tanded Theo, annulata, p. 251, 
Mediunesivad or small species, tarsi not banded, or rarely with 
basal and apical bands sie as fd 0. CULEX, p. 256, 
