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femora paler below, deep brown above, with a row of yellowish- 
white spots on one side, knee spot yellowish- white ; tibiae deep 
blackish-brown with a row of creamy-white spots on one side 
with an ochraceous tinge in certain lights ; metatarsi and tarsi 
almost black ; ungues equal. Wings with the veins clothed with 
dark scales, costal border and first longitudinal very dark ; 
posterior cross-vein about half its length distant from the mid 
cross-vein ; first sub-marginal cell considerably longer and slightly 
narrower than the second posterior cell ; base of the wings tes- 
taceous. Halteres with a pale stem and black knob. 
Length, 6.5 to 7 mm ; of proboscis, 3 mm. 
c? . Antennae dark brown, faintly pale banded with dark 
brown plumes ; palpi longer than the proboscis, dark brown, 
banded with dull yellow, the apical joint pointed, yellowish at 
the tip, with a narrow pale band at the base with grey scales ; 
penultimate joint much shorter, pale at the apex and base, with 
grey scales on the latter ; the long antepenultimate joint paler, 
with brown scales, some white ones on the apical half, and a clear 
pale yellow band lower down, base of the palpi darker brown ; 
the last two joints, especially the penultimate, with long coarse 
black hairs. Thorax dark brown, with curved pale scales, 
the two paler spots being seen, but the median front one invisible ; 
scutellum with pale creamy scales. Abdomen narrower than 
in the £ , with apical yellowish-grey bands of scales and traces 
of white basal lateral spots, the last two segments with many 
grey yellowish scales ; genitalia dark brown, densely ornamented 
with deep reddish-brown hairs ; fore and mid ungues unequal, 
both uniserrated, deep black, hind ones equal and simple. 
Length, 6.5 mm. 
Habitat : Durban,^ Natal (Christophers) ; British Central 
Africa (Daniels) ; Mombasa (McKay) ; Bonny (Annett) ; Salis- 
bury, Mashonaland (Marshall) ; Queensland (Bancroft). 
In Theobald's remarks the following occurs : — It is a very 
annoying species. Dr. Bancroft has sent a series from Queensland, 
which exactly agree with the types from Africa ; then again in 
Vol. III., i.e., 1st. Supplement Monograph of Culicidae, is the 
following : — Grandpre described it from Mauritius ; the series 
from Queensland consists of five $ 's and seven J 's. I can detect 
no difference in them from those taken in Africa. It is called by 
Bancroft the " Long-lived Mosquito." Dr. Bancroft writes regard- 
ing this species as follows : — " Although to be found all the year 
round, but always very scarce, it will not bite ; it is possibly out 
of its proper latitude ; it breeds in fresh-water butts, about 
houses, and in fresh-water courses ; specimens have been kept 
alive in confinement for as long as five months." 
Additional localities : — Pretoria (Theiler) ; Lagos (Strachan) ; 
Zomba (Grey) ; Nigeria (Hanley) ; Straits Settlements (Wright) ; 
Uganda (Low) ; This is the " Long-lived Mosquito," a large black 
insect often found about houses ; it does not bite either man or 
