88 
FEED. V. THEOBALD 
ger and narrower than the second posterior, its base nearer the base 
of the wing, its stem rather more than half the length of the cell ; stem 
of the second posterior about two-thirds the length of the cell : cross- 
veins very pale, the posterior more than its own length distant from the 
mid. Halteres with yellow stem and slightly fuscous knob. 
Length : 3 mm. 
Habitat: Muina, New Guinea (Biró, 1900). 
Observations : Described from a single perfect 9 . It resembles at first 
sight C. fatigans . Wied but differs in (1) the small reddish-brown narrow 
curved scales which are of quite different form to those in C. fatigans 
and in the marked cephalic scale arrangement which almost excludes it 
from Culex. The flat scales spread some way on to the top of the head 
in front and are irregularly disposed but the typical narrow-curved head 
scales of Culex are present even to the front just between the eyes and 
cover most of the top of the head. 
16. Culex modestus Fie. 
Bull. d. Soc. Ent. Italiana. Anno XXI. Firenze, 1889 ; Atti della B. Accademia 
dei Fisiocritici. Serie IV. Yol. I. Siena, 1889 ; Bull. d. Soc. Ént. Ital. XXVIII. 
279. 27 (1896) and XXXI. 211. 14 (1899); Venti specie zanzare Italiane, p. 163. 
(1890); Monogr. Culicid. II. 122. 1057. fig. 211—212 (1901) Theobald; Állattan. 
Közi. III. p. 70 (1904) Kertész. 
Three d ’s and 1 $ from Zimony, Hungary, collected by Dr. Kertész. 
They are named by Dr. Kertész and are probably this species but the 
thorax in all four specimens differs in color being bright yellowish-brown, 
not dark brown in front, nor are the basal antennal joints, coxæ or halteres 
speckled. Structurally they agree with Ficalbis species. There is no trace of 
speckling due to yellow scales on the abdomen, although they look speck¬ 
led from partial scale denudation. A single ■ <j> from Sfax described as 
new answers nearly as well as the above to Ficalbi’s description but 
differs from these specimens. Dr. Kertész also records this species from 
Gyón, Kecskemét, Szeged, Deliblát, Székesfehérvár and Beregszász. 
Recorded and described from Italy (Ficalbi). 
17. Culex quasimodestus n. sp. 
(? var. of bicolor). 
Head brown with narrow golden curved scales ; palpi brown ; pro¬ 
boscis dull yellowish-brown basally, deep brown apically. Thorax deep 
brown with dull golden brown narrow-curved scales showing some orna- 
