80 
A Monograph of Culicidae. 
little, for in one specimen it is nearly on a level with the mid 
cross-vein, whilst in the other it is nearly half its own length 
distant from it. 
Neither of the specimens are in good condition in regard to 
the scales, but I am certain about the abdominal ornamentation. 
Both specimens w r ere kindly sent by Professor Howard. 
Synonymy.—Culex impatiens , Walker, may be this species, the 
type answering in nearly all respects, but the abdominal banding 
differs. 
Culex inornatus, Williston, I do not know, but Coquillett on 
good evidence gives it as synonymous ‘with C. consobrinus, and 
the description agrees very well. 
C. pinguis, Walker, may also be synonymous, but I do not 
know where the type is, and Walker’s descriptions seem almost 
valueless, judging from the types I have seen. 
89. Culex nemorosus. Meigen (1818). 
C. sylvaticus. Meigen (1818). 
C. guttatus. Curtis (1829). 
C. provocans. Walker (1848). 
C. salinus. Ficalbi (1896). 
(?) C. reptans. Meigen (1804). 
(?) C. fasciatus. Meigen (1804). 
(?) C. stricticus. Meigen (1838). 
(Figs. 97 and 98, PI. XXV.) 
(Syst. Besclir. Eur. Zweifliigel. i. 4 (1818), Meigen; Syst. Besckr. Sech. Tli. 
(1830) ( = sylvaticus), Meig.; Guide to Arrang. Brit. Ins. (1829), i. 
(= guttatus), Curlis; Brit. Ent. xii. 537 (1834), Curtis; Ins. Brit. 
Dipt. iii. p. 217 (1851), Walker; Suit. i. 34, 5, Macquart; Ins. Lapp. 
806, 2; Dipt. Scand. ix. 3457, 3, Zetterstedt; Fn. Austr. ii. 628, Schiner; 
Klass. i. 3, 2 ( = reptans), Meigen; Klass. i. 4, 5 (= fasciatus), Meigen; 
Dipt. n. d. Fr. 161, 3, Macq.; Dipt. Neer. viii. 327, Yan der Wulp; 
Bull. Soc. Ent. (1896), p. 109 (= stricticus, Meig.), reprint (Ficalbi); 
List, Brit. Mus. p. 7 ( = provocans), Walker; Not! guile Zan. Ital. ixa. 
Nota. (C. salinus) (1896), Ficalbi; Yenti Spec. Zan. Ital. p. 129 (1899), 
Ficalbi.) 
Thorax black, covered with golden-brown and golden scales, 
those at the sides being paler and brighter than those in the 
middle, and may form more or less two distinct parallel narrow 
lines on each side of the darker central area. Abdomen black, 
