Genus Culex. 
169 
UNBANDED LEGGED SPECIES BECOGNISABLE ONLY FROM 
THE TYPES. 
Culex luridus. Doleschall. 
(Natuurkundig. Tijdsch. voor Ned. Ind. D. xiv. p. 384.) 
“ Greyish-brown, abdomen greenish, with black scales; legs fuscous 
hoary, wings pellucid, with black veins. Length, lines. Smaller 
than C. setutosvs, almost the same colour and markings. The abdomen 
is greenish-black, haired on the hack with broad transverse stripes. 
Habitat .—Middle Java (Gombong); during the dry season in houses.” 
Culex rufinus. Bigot. 
(Exp. Scientif. d. 1. Tunisie, Dipt. p. 7.) 
“ Pale fulvous ; antennae brownish; thorax rufous above; scutellum 
paler, clear drab, abdominal segments fuscous, broadly banded with pale 
brown bands; wings very pale yellow. General colour pale yellow; 
tergum reddish, darker laterally. 
Habitat. —Tunis, in May.” 
Mote. —Probably a worn specimen. (F. Y. T.) 
Culex molestus. Wiedemann. 
(Zweif. Ins. p. 544.) 
“ Reddish-brown, with black abdomen. Thorax deep red-brown; 
antennae and other appendages brown ; abdomen black, wings with brown 
scales. 
Length .—1 \ lines. 
Habitat. —S umatra.” 
Note.—D escribed from a very defective specimen. 
Culex ochripes. Macquart. 
(Dipt. Exot. Supp. iv. p. 11.) 
“ Fuscous ; d palpi yellow, apex black, elongated; legs ochraceous. 
Length. —3 lines ? . 
“ Thorax and abdomen brown (denuded), proboscis yellow, brown at 
the apex; palpi of d dilated at the end, longer than the proboscis by a 
third of its length, yellow, last joint black. Wings greyish, reddish on 
the outer border. 
Habitat. —South America.” 
Note. —Arribalzaga makes no note of this species; it was 
evidently described from worn material. I cannot trace the 
