Genus Culex. 
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third a 9 • One of the £’s is in perfect condition, and the 9 
sufficiently so to enable it to be identified. The original descrip¬ 
tion of this species is, as in the majority of old species, totally 
inadequate. Coquillett wrongly places it as a synonym of 
C. consobrinus, Desvoidy. It is quite distinct, most nearly ap¬ 
proaching C. ornatus, Meigen, the thoracic ornamentation being 
somewhat similar. In fact, I should not be surprised if it 
proved to be the American form of that species. 
87. Culex ornatus. Hoffmanseg. (Meigen.) 
C. equinus. Meigen. 
(Not the G. ornatus of Ficalbi.) 
(Syst. Besobr. Eur. Zweifliigel. i. 5, 4 (1818), Meigen; Klass. d. Zw i. Aufl. 
3, 4, Meigen ; Suit. i. 35, 9, Maeq.; Dipt. Scand. ix. 3458, 4, Zett.; Eu. 
Austr. ii. 629, Schiner; Dipt. Neer. p. 327, Yan der Wulp.) 
Thorax whitish, with two black streaks ; abdomen fuscous, 
with basal white bands; legs blackish, with a white knee spot; 
proboscis blackish-brown; antennae dark brown, in the £ with 
brown hairs ; palpi of the $ blackish-brown, with long hairs and 
three whitish spots ; thorax yellowish-white, with two converging 
Fig. 186. 
Culex ornatus, Meigen. 
Fore ungues of ?. (Ficalbi.) 
Fig. 187. 
Culex ornatus, Meigen. 
cf ungues (after Ficalbi). 
blackish stripes and two others further behind; pleurae blackish- 
brown, with white spots and marks. Abdomen blackish-brown, 
with white basal bands. Legs brown, with the coxae dull yellow, 
femora dark brown, knee spot white, tibiae and tarsi dark brown. 
Wings with brown scales. Length, 3 lines. 
