Genus Culex. 
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second posterior cell, its stem equal to about half the length of the 
cell, and about equal to the stem of the second posterior cell, the 
latter shorter than it3 cell; posterior cross-vein about its own 
length distant from the mid cross-vein; costal vein dark ; fringe 
brown; halteres with ochraceous stems and the knobs densely 
clothed with grey scales. 
Length .—5 mm.; with proboscis 7*5 to 8*5 mm. 
£. Head and thorax ornamented as in the $ ; proboscis 
yellowish in the middle, black at the apex and base; palpi a 
little longer than the proboscis, yellowish, with black scales, the 
last two joints with dull white dorsal basal patches of scales, 
their apices dark scaled, hair tuft on penultimate joint flaxen, on 
the antepenultimate dark brown; hairs on the last joint brown 
and flaxen; the last joint smaller than the penultimate : there 
seems to be another (third) pale broad band, yellowish in 
colour, nearer the base; antennae banded, with silky brown 
plumes. 
Abdomen narrow, the bases of the segments with narrow 
bands of white scales, which spread out laterally to form white 
lateral spots ; the basal bands send a median patch across the 
segments as in the 9 > and there are traces of white apical scales, 
last two segments mostly white scaled, venter densely golden 
Fig. 156. 
Culex pulcripalpis, Rondani. 
d, Male ungues. 
scaled; ungues of the fore legs unequal, both uniserrated, in the 
mid legs more unequal, both toothed ; hind equal and simple. 
Length .—6 mm.; with proboscis 9 * 5 mm. 
Habitat .—Italy (Rondani and Ficalbi); England (Dr. Rees) 
(76). 
Time of capture. —July, in England. 
