( H9 ) 
| i scutellum clad with snowy-white, lateral lobes with dark brown crescentic 
:ales. Central bristles golden, lateral dark brown. \\ ings with dark 
; rown linear lateral and broader median scales ; first fork cell longer and 
arrower than the second its stem less than half the length of the 
! 3II, its base nearer the wing base than that of the second; posterior cross 
Lein about twice its own length from the median. Pleurae light yellow 
Fdth dark brown spots and white elliptical scales. Coxae dark brown with 
>hite scales; fore femora dark brown, mid and hind pale yellow with white 
;:ales; tibiae dark brown scaled with a white ring on the hind tibia; 
letatarsi and tarsi clad with dark brown scales with a white band on the 
rst three tarsal joints of all legs and on the metatarsi of hind legs. 
Jngues equal and simple on all legs. 
Occurrence .—Described from one female taken in a bungalow at Kuala 
,.umpur. 
Remarks .—This mosquito somewhat resembles C. Gelidus but differs 
1 the scaling of the posterior third of the mesonotum which in C. Gelidus 
, entirely clad with black scales. Again in C. Gelidus the bases of the 
)rk cells are level whereas in C. Albus the base of the first cell is decidedly 
earer the wing base than that of the second, and the lateral scales in 
). Gelidus are broader than in C. Albus. 
Culex Nigricephala. n. sp. 
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Head coal-black thinly covered with pale brown narrow-curved scales 
bove, white ones along the orbital margins, and a patch of white spatulate 
bales on either side; deep brown upright scales are present above, and 
iterally. Proboscis black with a creamy band at the base of the apical 
alf. Mesonotum black with white basal bands. Legs black with minute 
reamy bands. 
Female //^/.-Coal-black; the upper surface with a few scattered pale 
rown narrow-curved scales, similar white scales along the orbital margins 
nd a patch of white spatulate scales on either side ; deep brown upright t 
eales are present all over the upper and lateral surfaces. Antennal joints 
flack with black verticils. Clypeus black. Palpi four-jointed, last joint 
lammiliform clad with black scales. Proboscis black scaled with a cieamy 
j >and at the base of apical half. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes blackish-brown with dark brown and pale 
arrow-curved scales. Mesonotum deep purplish-brown with two well- 
narked lines on the denuded surface in front, clad with golden-brown narrow 
urved scales and some white ones surrounding the bare space in front ot the 
cutellum. Scutellum dusky with creamy narrow-curved scales and black 
bristles six to the middle lobe. Pleurae translucent and smoky. \\ ings 
. vith deep black scales of the culex type; first fork cell longer than the second, 
! heir bases level, its stem as long as the cell; posterior cross-vien about 
wo and half times its own length from the median. Coxae smoky with 
ome dark scales; femora black above and laterally, silvery beneath; tibiae 
E )lack with a creamy-yellow 7 ring at the apex of the hind tibia; tarsi black, with 
ninute pale bands at base of metatarsus and first two tarsal joints of all 
egs; ungues equal and simple on all the legs. 
Abdomen. —Black, with white basal bands. 
