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A Monograph of Culicidae. 
extend along the borders of the eyes to the centre of the frons, 
the centre of the head appears dark; antennae golden-yellow, 
with bright golden plumes; basal joint of similar colour; palpi 
deep rich brown, swollen at the apex, apical joint deep brown, 
with golden-brown bristles ; apex of the long joint with a broad 
golden band, and also another towards its base; as far as I can 
see, there are only two palpal joints, but the third may be hidden 
Fig. 160. 
Culex albitarsis. n. sp. 
a, S' palpus; b, abdominal ornamentation ; c, fore ungues of cf ; d, male 
genitalia ; e, head and scale ornamentation ; f, scales at root of wing. 
in the brown scales on the apical portion; about as long as the 
yellowish-brown proboscis. 
Thorax brown at the sides, rather slaty-grey in the middle, 
with numerous small curved bronzy scales, and with some large 
curved brown scales just in front of the roots of the wings and 
also some black bristles over the roots of the wings; scutellum 
