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antennae black, basal joint with a large tuft of pale scales on the 
inside; second joint testaceous at the base; palpi densely black 
scaled, sometimes grey towards the tip. 
Thorax black, covered with narrow, golden-brown scales in 
the middle, the sides with rather broader, creamy-coloured scales 
and two short, parallel, paler lines of scales behind, running half 
across the mesothorax, and similar pale ones in front of the 
scutellum; dense golden bristles over the roots of the wings; 
scutellum dark brown, with pale, curved, creamy scales and 
golden bristles; metanotum deep brown; pleurae dark brown, 
with dense white scales. 
Abdomen covered with black and creamy-white scales, the 
white predominating, the black scales forming more or less 
distinct lateral patches, indistinct on the last few apical 
Fig. 198. 
Culex Spencerii. n. sp. 
a, Wing of $ ; b, abdominal segment; c, base 
of antenna. 
segments.; the posterior borders with very pale golden scales; 
venter white scaled. 
Legs unbanded; coxae and femora pale ochraceous, almost 
white, a few black scales above and at the apex; knee spots 
small, white; tibiae covered with pale brown, ochraceous, and 
dull white scales, with black bristles, dark towards the apex; 
metatarsi and tarsi bronzy-brown, a few white scales towards 
the base of the former; fore and mid ungues black, with a sharp, 
short, blunt tooth near the base; hind ungues also with small 
teeth. 
Wings with yellowish veins and black and white scales as 
follows: costa (except at the base), first, second, and fifth long 
veins dark scaled, also the apices of the fork of the second 
posterior cell, the others with pale creamy-yellow scales; first 
