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Remarks. A true night feeder never apparently troublesome during 
the day, and entirely domestic as it is only found in the neighbourhood 
of houses. I his mosquito and Mansonia Uniformis are the two most 
troublesome pests in most houses in the evening and through the night but 
e\ en in this town its distribution is variable and European bungalows in 
the garden away from native quarters are comparatively free while bungalows 
near nati\ e quarters sv arm with this mosquito though in the case of my own 
bungalow I could not find a single breeding place in the garden or in an 
adjacent swamp. 
Culex Graminis. n. sp. 
Head dull blackish-brown with dull tawny narrow-curved scales in 
the centre spatulate scales along the orbital margins and at the sides and 
tawny and dark brown upright scales above and at the sides. Thorax dull 
brown more or less tinged with the colour of the contents. Legs proboscis 
and abdomen covered with blackish-brown scales without any kind of 
ornamentation. Pleurae translucent. 
Female Head. Dull blackish-brown, the upper surface clad with dull 
tawny narrow-curved scales which occupy a wide area on the nape but as 
the vertex is approached taper off to a point, at the sides there are spatulate 
scales which are dull tawny and further out dull white and a row of these 
scales spreads along the orbital margins right up to the vertex ; the upright 
scales in front are tawny, behind and at the sides deep brown. Basal joint 
of antenna light browm outside, dark brown on its inner face where a few 
small dull white scales are inserted, remaining joints deep brown with deep 
brown verticils. Palpi about one-fifth the length of the proboscis, they and 
the proboscis are clad with dull blackish-brown scales. Clypeus dark brown. 
Thorax. Prothoracic lobes dull muddy-brown without scales. Meso- 
notum dull muddy-brown slightly tinged with contents of thorax clad with 
small narrow-curved scales white on the anterior margin bronze-brown else¬ 
where. Scutellum similar in colour to the mesonotum clad with dull tawny 
and dark brown narrow-curved scales ; central lobe with ten brown bristles. 
Pleurae translucent coloured by the thoracic contents, quite naked. Wings 
with brown linear lateral scales; fork cells of medium length, of equal 
breadth the first a little longer than the second, its base nearer the apex of the 
wing its stem about three-quarters the length of the cell; posterior cross vein 
a little more than its own length distant from the median. Coxae colourless ; 
femora deep brown above and at the sides on the fore and mid, silvery 
beneath, and on the hind laterally ; remainder of all legs with deep purple- 
brown scales^ There is absolutely no trace of banding or ornamentation of 
any kind. L ngues of all legs equal and simple. 
Abdomen .—Deep blackish-brown above, each segment with a fringe of 
ochraceous hairs ; the venter is clad with dull creamy scales. 
Male .—Antennae of male banded white and dark brown ; plumes deep 
olive-brown. Palpi longer than the proboscis by rather more than last 
joint, the last two joints very hairy and about equal in length. Fore and 
mid ungues unequal the larger unguis on each foot uni-serrate. 
Occurrence .—Described from a large series bred from larvae taken in 
open bamboos in jungle. 
