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| ich segment white the apical quarter purple-black. There are also white 
iteral spots present. 
Male .—Plumes steel-grey. Palpi longer than the proboscis by the 
mgth of the ultimate and half the penultimate joints. Apex of each 
alpus ochraceous ending in a black spine. There is a narrow creamy 
and at the base of the ultimate, and penultimate joint, and on the anti- 
enultimate joint there are two creamy bands a broad one opposite the band 
n the proboscis and a narrower one between this and the base. The 
lorax shows a central line of dark bronzy scales and outside this are lines of 
aler bronzy scales and outside these dark bronzy scales. The posterior 
iird of the mesonotum is chiefly clad with creamy scales. Fore and mid 
ngues markedly unequal the larger unguis on each foot uni-serrate, the 
i mailer plain and almost straight. 
Occurrence .—Described from a series sent me by Dr. Finlayson from 
jingapore most of which were taken in the house. 
Remarks .—The banded proboscis series of culex are difficult to 
istinguish the one from the other. The positions of the band on the 
•roboscis, the length of the fork cells, the relative position of their bases 
.nd the scaling of the mesonotum are the principal points of distinction. 
Culex Vishnui.— Theobald . 
Head deep brown, densely clad with pale yellow crescentic and upright 
cales in the centre, outside these on either side is a dark patch due either 
o dark scales or to the thinning of the scales allowing the dark head to be 
een, and further out still is a patch of white spatulate with daik brown 
ipright scales. The dark patch is well seen under a hand lens but is not 
o distinct under higher powers. Thorax uniformly clad with golden-brown 
cales and a line of white ones round the bare space m front of the scutellum. 
icutellum with white scales. Legs dark browrn with a pale band at all the 
oints except the last tarsal. 
Female Head .—Dark brown, in the middle entirely covered with pale 
r ellow crescentic and upright scales, beyond which is a dark patch w ith a 
ew pale yellow scales on it and a mass of dark browm upright scales an 
>ossibly dark brown spatulate scales also though I cannot be certain w hethei 
his black area is due to the absence of scales allowing the head to be seen 
>r to the presence of dark brown scales ; beyond this again is a patch oi 
vhite spatulate scales. Basal joint of antenna dark brown with a few small 
Tales on its inner face, remaining joints dark brown w r ith short flaxen hairs 
ind dark brown verticils. Palpi dark brown. Proboscis dark brown with 
i pale yellow band the greater part of which lies to the apical side of the 
niddle point. 
Thorax. _Prothoracic lobes dark brown with flaxen scales ; mesonotum 
lark brown, uniformly clad with bright golden-brown crescentic scales and 
i line of white ones surrounding the bare space in front of the scutellum , 
icutellum dark brown in the middle, ochraceous at the sides, clad with 
)ale yellow scales and with eight border bristles to central lobe. Wings 
with brown scales of the usual type ; fork cells rather long, the base of the 
irst nearer the wing base than that of the second its stem about half the length 
