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A Monograph of Culicidae. 
C. longijpaljctis (Bijdragen der Midden Sumatra Exped. Dipt. p. 9, 
D. IV.), described from Alahn Pandjang and Soeroelangoen. 
The absence of white rings on the fore and mid tarsi in this 
specimen and the widely separate localities make it doubtful 
however, so I describe it as a new species. It is strange also 
that Van der Wulp says the palpi of his 9’ s were tweeledig and 
biarticulatus (although he figures them as 4-jointed), and that I 
can only detect two palpal joints in this male. 
62. Culex longipalpis. Van der Wulp. 
(Bijdragen der Midden Sumatra Exped. iv. p. 9.) 
“ Fuscous; with the tarsi white-ringed, the two last joints entirely 
white; palpi longer than the head, distinctly two-jointed. Length, 4*5 mm. 
“Antennae brownish-black, indistinctly banded lighter; proboscis 
yellowish, brownish-black at the root and apex; palpi longer than the 
head, distinctly two-jointed, each joint growing broader at the end; eyes 
meeting above the antennae; thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen brownish 
black with perceptibly lighter incisurae; anus ferruginous. Legs with 
the coxae brownish-yellow; femora and tibiae ornamented with partly 
dark brown and partly white scales, so as to give a spotted appearance; 
white rings may be observed at the roots of the first three tarsal joints, 
and in the middle of the first joint; both the last two tarsal joints whitish, 
a character which is most marked on the hind tarsi; halteres yellow. 
Wings somewhat ash-grey, with dark brown scales on the veins, the 
veins towards the middle remarkably nearer the apex of the wing than 
the hinder veins; both fork-cells almost equally long. 
“In both the specimens from which this description is drawn the scales 
are somewhat rubbed off. In habitus it somewhat resembles some of our 
home gnats, but the largely developed palpi are very characteristic.” 
Observations .—A very distinct species with yellowish proboscis, 
banded black at the base and the apex, and with the last two 
tarsal joints whitish, especially on the hind legs. The description 
does not say whether the abdomen is basally or apically pale 
banded, merely “ with perceptibly lighter incisurae.” 
Van der Wulp gives the habitat Alahn Pandjang and 
Soeroelangoen. 
I have seen no species like this from this part of the world. 
