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"base; in the d the black abdomen has a narrow white line in front and 
behind each segment, those of the contiguous segments combining to 
form narrow bands; with short stiff brown hairs; male genitalia very- 
marked, the basal joint being very swollen (Fig. 199). Legs dark brown ; 
coxae grey, with white scales, femora leaden-white beneath, remainder 
Fig. 200 . 
Culex impudicus, Ficalbi. 
d and ? ungues (after Ficalbi). 
dark brown; ungues in the $ equal and simple ; in the d the fore and 
mid ungues are unequal, both toothed, the larger one of the fore legs 
rather thick, the tooth on the smaller claws small and near the base ; hind 
ungues equal, simple, very small; proboscis and palpi in both sexes black ; 
in the male they are pointed and longer than the proboscis by the last and 
part of the penultimate joint.” 
Length. —6J to 7 mm. 
Habitat .—Sardinia and Sicily. 
Observations .—This species is described in detail by Ficalbi in 
“Venti Specie di Zanzare Italiane,” p. 166 (1899). A very 
distinct species, with marked thoracic and abdominal ornamenta¬ 
tion and peculiar £ genitalia. 
