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Thorax brown, with narrow curved dull golden-brown scales, and black bristles ; scutellum 
rather shiny, rich brown, with narrow curved dull-grey and brown scales, six or seven bristles to 
the mid lobe, and four each to the lateral lobes ; metanotum deep-brown ; pleurae pale ochraceous 
brown. 
Abdomen deep-brown, with slight deep-violet reflections ; narrow ; border-bristles short 
and pale, apex testaceous, rather hairy ; venter brown, hairy, testaceous at the base ; the scales at 
the sides, in some lights under the microscope, have a dull violet-grey hue. 
Legs deep-brown, with violet reflections, coxae pale ochraceous, with a number of pale 
hairs ; venter of femora pale ochraceous, tibiae and bases of the metatarsi with a few bristles ; 
ungues small, equal, and simple. 
Wings with typical brown Culex scales, first submarginal cell longer and a little narrower 
than the second posterior cell, its stem is about one-third the length of the cell, its base nearer the 
base of the wing than that of the second posterior, stem of the latter about two-thirds the length 
of the cell ; mid cross-vein long ; posterior cross-vein not quite twice its own length distant from 
the mid. 
Halteres with ochraceous stem and fuscous knob. 
Length. — 3*2 mm. 
Habitat. — Bonny. 
Time of capture. — May. 
Observations. — Described from a single 9 • I do not know any species at all resembling it, 
yet there are no very distinctive characters. The unhanded legs and abdomen, and its general 
brown color, when roughly examined, make it resemble Aedes nigra, but it can at once be told 
from it by the head and wing scales, which are of typical Culex form. 
Another 9 differs considerably in colour, but I can detect no structural difference. It is 
much paler, of a general ochraceous tint, due to denudation of the scales. The thorax is paler 
brown with two pale median parallel stripes in front, separated by a darker line, and the scutellum 
has seven mid bristles, and the venter of the abdomen is paler and grey scaled. Venation, scales, 
ungues, etc., are similar, and it was taken in the same place and date as the type. I fancy one is 
full of ova, the other dark with blood. 
Genus Panoplites. Theobald (1901) 
(Mono. Cuiicidae, Vol. II) 
This genus differs from Culex chiefly in the peculiar formation of the wing scales, which 
are broad and asymmetrical squamae, concave at their free extremity (Fig. 13, PI. II). This 
character will suffice to identify the genus. The eggs are laid singly, and taper to a point at one 
end. Many of the species are vicious biters, and chiefly occur along river banks. The African 
species here mentioned acts as the Filaria host. 
XIX. Panoplites africanus. Theobald 
(Mono. Cuiicidae, Vol. II) 
Quite a number of this species occur in the collection from Asaba taken in June, July, 
and August. The thickly scaled wings will at once separate it from other Culices occurring in 
