Genus Culeoc . 1 
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appearance of triangular white lateral spots. I have seen 
specimens in England very similar to this. 
I make three varieties of this species, as follows :— 
variety 1, salinus, Ficalbi; posterior three-fourths of the 
segments speckled with hazel scales, anterior 
one fourth white. 
variety 2, luteovittata, mihi; basal bands yellowish, expanded 
in the middle, lateral spots whitish. 
variety 3, detritus , Haliday; a small variety with the small 
scaled lateral basal patches of the meso- 
notum very prominent. 
Probably a number of others could be separated with more 
material in hand. 
Synonymy .—Meigen described at least three species which 
are said to be synonymous with his G. nemorosus, namely 0. reptans 
and G. fasciatus in 1804, and G. sylvaticus in 1818. I know 
nothing of the two former, and give them on the authority of 
Schiner, Van der Wulp, &c. 
Curtis’ C. guttatus is considered synonymous by both Walker 
and Schiner. As far as I can see, it is evidently nothing but 
Meigen’s nemorosus : the fact that the abdomen is “ dorsally 
Fig. 191. 
Culex nemorosus, var. detritus. 
I. Thorax; II. male genitalia. 
ochraceous-brown ” can be explained by partial denudation or 
the presence of flaxen scales, as described by Ficalbi for salinus ; 
the twelve triangular lateral white spots probably means six on 
each side, such as we see in some G. nemorosus very plainly. 
Ficalbi’s Gulex salinus is now shown by him to be only a variety 
of this species, and therefore needs no further reference. 
