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with a creamy band in breadth about quarter the total length of the proboscis 
two-thirds of Chich band lies to the apical s.de of the median point. 
Thorax. —Prothoracic lobes dark brown with flaxen scales above and 
dark brown ones below. Mesonotum dark brown in the centre and at he 
matin orchaceous elsewhere. The portion in front of a Jo.ningjhe 
roots of the wings thickly clad with pale crescentic scales which 'ary with 
the direction of “he light appearing flaxen - “PP 6 ^' ‘ Tei her s"de a 
long dark brown l.gulate scales over the root of the wm »f eithei ie a 
line of golden scales round the bare space in front of the scutefl 
dark brown scales between this line and the margin on eitherside . scmel 
lum ochraceous at the base but dark brown at the apex clad with flaxen and 
dark brown scales. Pleura; ochraceous with small patches;° f ^^ches 
Wings clad with dark brown scales; the second Ion, d , vein has 
have linear lateral and short spatulate median scales the third Ion vein 
median and clavate lateral scales while the stem of the fourth has liiiea 
lateral scales and its branches small median and \ ery s mi c ava e 
scales * base of the first fork cell nearer base of wing than that 
Sond its stem less than half the length of the cell; posterior cross vein 
ccarcelV twice its own length from ^median. Femora and tibiae of fore 
Ws clad with dark brown scales mottled with yellow, hind femora pa 
excent above First three tarsal joints of all legs with we 1- marked apical 
and basal creamy bands and the base of metatarsal joint of hind leg shews 
a similar band. ' Ungues equal and simple on all legs. 
Abdomen. —Clad with dark brown scales with apical yellowish bands 
-concave forwards, and white lateral spots. K , 
Occurrence. —Described from one female taken in jungle close to Kuala 
Remarks. —A very distinct species of tins senes. 1 he ^thoracic 
ornamentation, the presence of dark scales on e scu Culex 
peculiar abdominal banding at once distinguish it from any other L. 
with a banded proboscis. 
Culex Auratus. n. sp. 
Head deep purple with golden-yellow narrow-curved scales m the 
centre and along the orbital margin ; outside these on either -sidems a pate 
of dark brown succeeded by a patch of deep golden spatulate scales , 
are numerous upright scales on the upper surface, those in front being golden- 
brown, those beVnd and at the sides dark brown. Thorax deep ferruginous 
with golden-brown scales. Abdomen with basal golden bands and le„s 
with creamy-yellow basal bands. 
Female Head. —Deep purple; along the orbital margins, and above in 
the centre, are numerous deep golden-yellow narrow-curved sca es. outside 
these, on either side, is a very distinct patch of deep brown spatulate sea es 
followed by golden spatulate scales; the upright scales are inserted as far 
forwards as the vertex; in the centre in front they are golden-brown, 
behind and at the sides they are dark brown; vertical b ^ lstl es golden 
vellow*. Basal joint of antenna bright golden-brown with a Jew smal. da 
brown scales on its inner side, remaining joints black with dark bro 
verticillate hairs. Palpi and proboscis clad with deep blackish-brown 
scales. 
