black, very scaly, a few dull grey scales at the apex, and a few black 
bristles at the base ; proboscis deep brown, with a broad yellowish-white 
band rather towards the apical half." 
“ Thorax .—Dark brown, with traces of two paler parallel longitudinal 
lines, covered with narrow-curved pale golden scales on the sides of the 
mesonotum (the dorsum denuded in all five specimens), and probably all over 
it; just in front of the root of the wings the scales are white, and also in front 
of the scutellum ; a few black bristles project over the base of the wings ; 
scutellum pale brown, with eight border-bristles to the median lobe; the 
lateral lobes with the mamillae of the bristles very prominent, apparently 
four on the outer row and three on the inner ; metanotum chestnut-brown ; 
pleurae very pallid, almost grey, with a black spot in the middle and some 
, creamy-white scales." 
“ Abdomen. —Black and shiny when denuded, covered with deep brown 
; scales and with basal bands of creamy scales, the bands swelling out rather 
in the middle, and in gorged specimens are almost white in colour ; first 
segment with two patches of black scales; posterior border-bristles deep 
golden-brown ; venter mostly covered with dull creamy-white scales, the 
apical corners of the segments being dark." 
“ Legs with the coxae and venter of the femora grey, remainder dark 
brown, the metatarsi and tarsi with narrow pale yellow bands, chiefly 
basal, but involving, to some extent, both sides of the joints, last joint in 
the fore and mid legs unbanded ; ungues small, equal and simple.” 
“ Wings with brown scales and brown fringe ; the median scales of the 
veins broadish and long, arranged mostly in a double row, the lateral ones 
thin, moderately long, and slightly curved at their base; at the apex of the 
first long vein the broad scales are wider than elsewhere; first sub-marginal 
; cell much longer and a little narrower than the second posterior cell, their 
bases nearly level; stem of the first sub-marginal about half the length of 
the cell, stem of the second posterior cell equal to about two-thirds the 
length of the cell ; the two stems nearly equal; mid cross-vein a little 
nearer the apex of the wing than the supernumerary cross-vein ; posterior 
cross-vein longer than the mid, nearly three times its own length distant 
from it; sub-costal joins the costal just before the base of the sub-marginal 
cell; border-scales of the fringe dark brown. Halteres grey at the base 
upper part of the stem and knob brown.” 
“ Length.—3*5 to 3*8 mm.” 
“ Habitat.—Lamma (Stanley); Tai Po, Pokfulam, Hongkong. 
“ Time of capture.—October." 
“ Observations. —Described from several females in Dr. Rees’s Hongkong 
collection. It resembles to some extent Culex \ ishnui, but is rather darker, 
and the thoracic ornamentation differs. The posterior cross-vein is very 
far back, and the hind legs show only traces of banding, whereas the banding 
L is most marked in the posterior legs of \ ishnui.” 
Culex Gnophodes. — Theobald. 
From “ A Monograph of the Culicidce of the World." — Theobald. 
“ Thorax. —Deep brown, with brown and fawn-coloured scales, the latter 
forming a curved paler area on each side. Proboscis black, with a small 
pale median band. Abdomen black, with basal white bands. Legs brown, 
with a trace of pale banding at the tibio-metatarsal joints, and at the base 
