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type. I do not think the species could be identified unless from 
the type. I expect it is either C. flavipes or C. fatigans. 
Culex siculus. R. Desvoidy (1827). 
“Thorax pale brick-red, with grey hairs; abdomen more or less 
brownish-red, pale yellowish in the d , with a brown band on each 
segment; proboscis yellow, with the apex brown in the ? ; palpi and 
antennae brownish in the ? ; legs with the femora and tibiae pale 
yellow, the tarsi brown ringed, knees with a silvery spot. 
Length —of the d 2| lines, of the $ 3 lines. 
Habitat. —Sicily.” 
Culex setulosus. Doleschall. 
(Natuurkundig. Tijdsch. voor Ned. Ind. D. xiv. p. 384.) 
“Pale fuscous, hairy, thorax slightly narrowed in front, thickly 
clothed with ash-grey hairs; abdomen paler, bristly; legs uniformly 
fuscous. Wings hyaline, scaly, with yellow veins. 
Jjength .—2 lines. 
Habitat .—Middle Java; during the dry season in houses, equally 
numerous and not less troublesome than C. nero .” 
Culex geniculatus. Olivier (1791). 
“Thorax cinereous, with two blackish lines near the middle line and 
two on the sides. Abdomen dorsally brown, with the borders of the 
segments whitish. Legs with the femora white below and at the base, 
tibiae and tarsi blackish. Proboscis black, antennae brown. 
Habitat .—Paris (Olivier and R. Desvoidy).” 
Note.— There has been no recent record of this doubtful 
species. 
Culex calcitrans. R. Desvoidy (1827). 
(Essai sur les Cul!c;des, Mem. Soc. d’Hist. Nat. de Paris (1827).) 
“ Thorax dorsally reddish, with three brown stripes and with the 
pleurae cinereous. Abdomen pale yellowish on the dorsum, incisurae 
marked with black. Legs yellowish, with the tarsi brownish. 
Length .—3 lines.” 
Note.— I believe this is only a partly denuded 9 Culex 
pipiens. 
