Culex iyengari n. sp. — Mattingly and Rageau 
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Siphonal index about 5. 0-5. 5 
. C. iyengari n. sp. 
The highly characteristic comb spines of 
C. pacificus (Fig. 5b) appear to have been over- 
looked by previous authors (Buxton and 
Hopkins, 1927: 87; Lee, 1944: 108). The de- 
scription of the larva of C. p. fatigans by 
Woodhill and Pasfield (1941: 212) seems to 
have been based on mixed material (Dobrot- 
worsky and Drummond, 1953: 132). 
For descriptions of the adult of C. atriceps 
the reader is referred to Edwards (1926: 105; 
1928: 279), and for C. pacificus to Edwards 
(1916: 360). Iyengar (1955) gives a general 
account of the distribution of mosquitoes in 
the area under consideration. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
The present species is named after Dr. 
M. O. T. Iyengar of the South Pacific Com- 
mission, Noumea, New Caledonia, in recog- 
nition of his many distinguished services to 
mosquito studies. We are also indebted to 
him for a part of our material. Dr. E. N. Marks 
of the University of Brisbane made a prelimi- 
nary examination of the specimens collected 
byJ.R. 
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