Genus Culex . 
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1 have examined differ in some minor points from Skuse’s 
description, namely (i) the proboscis is testaceous at the tip, 
(ii) there are three rows of bristles on the thorax, and (iii) the 
basal half of the second antennal joint cannot be said to be 
either whitish or yellowish. Skuse points out its variability, and 
says it is found in towns throughout the year, but is more 
numerous and causes most annoyance during the summer 
months. Dr. Bancroft sends numbers from Queensland, where 
it is evidently very common; it is also abundant in South 
Australia and New South Wales. According to Skuse, it follows 
the railways, gradually spreading as the lines proceed further and 
further up country. In fact, it offers a good example of the way 
in which the mosquito follows the advance of man. 
Culex pungens. Wiedemann. 
G. fatigans. Wiedemann (?). 
(Auss. Zweiflugel. Ins. p. 9.) 
“ Ferruginous, with the abdomen fuscous and the incisurae yellowish. 
2 to 2| lines. 
“ Antennae, palpi and proboscis brownish-black, the proboscis 
yellowish below. Thorax reddish-brown, with two distinct yellowish lines; 
pleurae yellowish, passing intowhitebehind; abdomen brown, with yellowish 
incisurae; the last two or three segments with yellowish stripes on both 
sides. Wings unspotted, with brown-scaled veins; halteres yellowish. 
Habitat .—New Orleans.” 
Note.— The above is Wiedemann’s description of C . jpungens, 
which, *1 think, is evidently his previously described C. fatigans. 
In any case C. fatigans is the common American (both North 
and South) and West Indian species and general cosmopolitan 
insect. If the two are synonymous the name jpungens has 
precedence, as that species is described just befor z fatigans. 
121. Culex linealis. Skuse. 
(Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, p. 1747 (1896).) 
“Thorax brown, with four distinct lines and dense lateral borders of 
golden scales, the spaces between being nearly bare; the two median 
lines are parallel in front, united near the middle, and separate and 
parallel again behind, the outer are parallel and near the lateral borders; 
the pleurae are brown, with a few white scales and a tuft of pale hairs 
under the wings; scutellum brown, with the median lines of scales 
