Genus Cidex. 67 
•with yellowish scales; first segment ochraceous, with numerous 
long hairs. 
Legs with pale ochraceous coxae; femora pale at the base and 
pale yellowish beneath on the basal half, dark brown above, apex 
orange; tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi dark brown, almost black, 
with ochraceous reflections below in some lights; hind metatarsi 
about one-third shorter than the tibiae. 
Wings clothed with dark brown scales, especially dark along 
the costal edge; first sub-marginal cell very much longer and a 
little narrower than the second posterior cell, its base much 
nearer the base of the wing than that of the latter, its stem 
rather more than one-third of the length of the cell, considerably 
shorter than the stem of the second posterior cell, which is not 
a 
Fig. 181. 
Culex Frenchii. n. sp. 
a, Wing of ? ; b, head (dorsal view); c, lateral 
view. 
quite so long as the cell; posterior cross-vein distant from the 
mid cross-vein about its own length. 
Halteres ochraceous. 
Length .—5 mm. 
Habitat .—Victoria (French) (26. 6. 1900). 
Observations .—Described from four specimens ($ ) sent by 
the Governor of Victoria and collected by Mr. French from the 
uplands of Victoria. In some respects they resemble C. Occident - 
alis, but they can be distinguished by the different head orna¬ 
mentation and by the absence of abdominal and leg banding. 
The pale-scaled head is strongly contrasted against the deeper 
brown thorax. It is the only species so far recorded from 
Australia with unbanded legs and unbanded abdomen. The 
golden border-hairs however give it a semi-banded appearance 
in some lights. 
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