Genus Culeoc. 
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90. Culex sagax. Skuse. 
(L 5 roc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, p. 1714 (1893).) 
Thorax deep black, with golden-brown and pale, almost 
white scales, the latter especially before and on the scutellum 
and at the sides. Abdomen deep blackish to violet-brown, with 
basal sinuous ochreous bands in the $, which spread out 
laterally on the last two segments in the male. Basses of the 
legs brown, with a few pale scales ; femora pale ochreous at base 
and below with a few scattered ochreous scales. 
£. Head black, with a patch of grey scales at the sides, 
pale yellow curved scales above with a few upright forked black 
and ochraceous ones; eyes black, with silvery reflections, some 
long black bristles projecting over them; proboscis covered with 
dark purplish-brown scales ; palpi yellowish, covered with dark 
scales which are especially thick at the ends, so as to give the 
palpi a black appearance at the extremities ; tufts dark brown, 
towards the basal third is a pale band ; antennae banded black 
and white, plumes black, last joints black. 
Thorax deep purplish-black, covered with golden-brown 
curved scales in front, paler scales behind and at the sides, with 
three double rows of black bristles, the lateral ones extending 
down to the scutellum, the median one ending before ; scutellum 
with pale scales and long dark brown bristles laterally, golden- 
brown bristles in the middle; metanotum deep testaceous ; pleurae 
deep brown, with four or five patches of white scales. 
Abdomen deep blackish-brown, the basal parts of the seg¬ 
ments with pale ochreous scales; these pale basal bands spread 
out laterally on the last two segments; venter covered with pale 
ochreous scales, with black median patches; basal joint of the 
claspers fuscous, claspers pale; segments bordered posteriorly 
and laterally with long golden-brown hairs. 
Legs with femora and tibiae covered with dark scales above, 
whitish ventrally, metatarsi and tarsi covered with dark scales, 
with a metallic dark yellowish reflection in some lights; bases of 
the femora and tibiae with a few pale scales forming a faint spot 
at the joints ; hind tibiae about one-third longer than the hind 
metatarsi. Fore and mid ungues unequal, both uniserrated, the 
larger with a long blunt tooth, the smaller with a short 
sharp one. 
Wings with brown scales, those of the first, second, third, 
