Genus Culex . 
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88. Thorax unadorned. 
Thorax chestnut-brown with golden scales ; 
white abdominal bands and lateral spots consobrinus. Des- 
voidy. 
Thorax brown, golden scaled; abdominal 
bands ochraceous ..... sagax. Skuse. 
Thorax dark brown, with dull golden scales 
more or less longitudinally arranged; 
venter white scaled with median black 
spots....... pervigilans. Bergroth. 
Thorax fuscous, testaceous at the sides...... australis. Erichson. 
Thorax black, with dull ferruginous scales ; 
bands of abdomen pure white. nigripp.s. Zetter- 
stedt. 
Thorax black, with ferruginous scales, paler 
at the sides; abdominal bands white, 
spreading out laterally, post, cross-vein 
further distant than in former species ... var. silvae. 
Similar to nigripes, but the stem of the 
1 st sub-marginal cell is shorter, not longer, 
than the cell ..... var. impiger. 
Walker. 
Thorax brown, with scattered creamy scales; 
bands of abdomen white, last two seg¬ 
ments with basal white lateral patches... hirsuteron. n. sp. 
A 4 . Abdomen with black and creamy-white scales and 
black lateral patches. 
Thorax black, with narrow golden-brown 
scales, creamy at the sides, and has two 
short lines behind ...... Spencerii. n. sp. 
A 5 . Abdomen with apical and basal banding; thorax 
dark grey, with two longitudinal brassy stripes 
behind........ impudicus. Ficalbi. 
A 6 . Abdomen with ochraceous scales, with long tri¬ 
angular black-scaled lateral patches; thorax 
black, with golden scales and two golden-scaled 
lines....................... ochraceus. n. sp. 
Lateral dark patches, not triangular ; 
thorax with three pale scaled lines ...... trilineatus. n. sp. 
A 7 . Abdomen apically banded. 
First few segments with apical yellow 
bands, remainder all ochraceous yellow... concolor. Desvoidy. 
Abdomen brown, with faint traces of pale 
apical bands ..... territans. Walker. 
Thorax brown scaled, with median dark 
line and lateral dark lines; all the ab¬ 
dominal segments apically yellow banded Salisburiensis. n. sp. 
Thorax grey, with four dark lines; abdomen 
ashy-grev, with two rows of black spots rusticus. Rossi. 
