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over the occiput ; antennae brown, with the basal joint and base 
of the second joint bright testaceous, the basal joint with numerous 
dull white scales on its inner side, and the second joint with 
numerous black scales, giving it an enlarged and black appear¬ 
ance under the hand-lens; palpi covered with black scales and 
a few scattered white ones ; proboscis black. 
Thorax black, with a dense patch of golden scales in front, 
with a narrow median dark line, a line of golden scales on each 
side along the posterior half of the mesonotum, curved down to 
the sides anteriorly, a few golden scales at the side, and a row on 
each side of the bare space in front of the scutellum; there are 
also three rows of golden and black bristles, the golden ones 
behind, and numerous golden ones over the roots of the wings ; 
scutellum black, with two patches of yellow curved scales on the 
median lobe and a patch on each lateral lobe, each lobe with a 
tuft of long golden bristles; metanotum deep brown; pleurae 
dark brown, with a few irregular patches of white scales. 
Abdomen black, each segment with lateral basal curved 
patches of brilliant white scales ; posterior borders of the segments 
with long golden hairs ; venter golden-yellow, with white basal 
patches, with a narrow edge of black ; 
these yellow ventral scales also form 
a line above the lateral borders of 
the dorsum; apical segment black, 
with grey scales only. 
Legs black, coxae brown, with 
patches of white scales ; femora black, 
white at the base and beneath, also 
white underneath at the apex, with 
a small white knee spot; remainder 
of legs black, tibiae with pale bristles ; 
hind metatarsi about two-thirds the 
length of the tibiae ; fore and mid 
ungues equal, each with a single 
sharp tooth; hind ones equal, but 
simple. 
Wings with a fuscous - brown 
tinge, and with the veins clothed 
with brown scales, the lateral ones very 
shorter, but longer than in most gnats; 
longer and a very little narrower than the second posterior 
cell, its base, if anything, a little nearer the apex of the wing than 
E 
Fig. 170. 
Culex pulcriventcr, Giles. 
a, Abdominal segments of female ; 
b, side view of the same; c, ab¬ 
dominal segments of the male ; 
d, wing scales and cf and ? 
ungues. 
long and the median 
first sub-marginal cell 
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