Genus Culex. 
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Abdomen ochraceous, with deep brown scales and basal pale 
creamy bands curved from side to side; with thin rather long 
border-bristles and numerous long lateral brown hairs; venter 
pale ochraceous. 
Legs unhanded, brown; coxae and venter of femora pallid; 
a pale indistinct spot at the apex of the femora and tibiae, 
especially noticeable on the apex of the hind tibiae; hind meta¬ 
tarsus a little longer than the hind tibia; ungues equal and 
simple. 
C 
Fig. 223. 
A, Junction of sub-costal and costal of Culex quasi- 
jdpiens. n. sp. ; a', enlarged thoracic scale. 
B, Junction of sub-costal and costal and base of 
first fork cell of Culex pipiens, L. ; b', enlarged 
thoracic scale. 
C, Head of C. quasipipiens. 
Wings with venation differing from Culex pipiens, in that the 
base of the first sub-marginal cell is much nearer the apex of 
the wing than the junction of the sub-costal and costal 
(Fig. 223, A and B). 
Length .—5 mm. 
Habitat. —Sambalpur, Central Provinces, India (Murphy)(99). 
Observations .—Very like C. pijoiens, but differs in wing vena¬ 
tion and in the form of the head scales, which are smaller in this 
species and in the larger thoracic scales. 
113. Culex Fouchowensis. n. sp. 
Thorax dark brown, with narrow curved dull golden scales. 
Abdomen deep brown, almost black, with basal dull white bands. 
Legs unbanded, dark brown; hind metatarsus much longer than 
the hind tibia. Wings with brown scales, the lateral ones 
