Genus Culex. 
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52. Culex Canadensis, n. sp. 
(Figs. 82 and 83, PI. XXr.) 
Thorax deep chestnut-brown, with curved golden-brown 
scales, paler and broader ones at the sides. Abdomen dusky 
black, with basal white lateral patches, which show on the 
dorsum of the fourth to seventh segments. Fore and mid 
ungues of the 9 equal and serrated, the hind equal, simple and 
nearly straight. 
9 . Head dark brown, covered with pale golden curved 
scales, with a few black and ochraceous upright forked ones, 
and a border of pale scales round the eyes, black bristles pro¬ 
jecting forwards, and a tuft of pale golden ones between the 
eyes; antennae black with narrow pale bands and pale 
pubescence; basal joint and basal half of the second testaceous ; 
proboscis, palpi and clypeus very dark brown. 
Thorax brown to deep dull purplish-brown under the lens, 
deep chestnut-brown to the naked eye, covered with curved 
golden-brown scales on the dorsum of the mesonotum and with 
rather broader and paler ones at the sides; scutellum deep 
purplish-brown, with pale narrow curved scales and a single row 
of golden-brown bristles to the mid lobe of the scutellum; meta- 
notum chestnut-brown ; pleurae purplish-brown, with several 
patches of white scales. 
Abdomen covered with dusky black scales, each segment with 
short pale golden posterior bristles, the segments with basal 
Fig. 152. 
Culex Canadensis, n. sp. 
a, Female ungues ; b, abdominal ornamentation. 
white lateral patches, which show on the dorsum of the fourth 
to seventh segments ; venter entirely covered with pale ochra¬ 
ceous scales. 
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