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A Monograph of Culiciclae. 
Culex (Janthinosoma) obutus. Arribalzaga. 
(Dipt. Argentina, p. 54.) 
“ cT. Hoary or dark cinereous, with scanty frosty cinereous scales. 
Length. —4* 50 nun.” 
Note.— I cannot make much out of this species from 
Arribalzaga’s description; he makes no note of the abdomen at 
all. It is placed by the describer near J. discrucians, Walker, 
in his new genus Janthinosoma. The $, from which the scanty 
description is compiled, came from Navarro in Argentina. 
Dr. Lutz has not met with it in South America. 
Culex filipes. Walker. 
(Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 229.) 
“ ?. Ferruginous; head and abdomen black; proboscis less than 
half the length of the body; legs blackish, very long; femora paler 
towards the base; wings cinereous, veins black, fringed. 
Length. —lines. 
Habitat. —Dorey, New Guinea.” 
Note. —The description is inadequate, and the type in the 
old collection is so denuded and decayed as to be valueless. 
Culex pinguis. Walker. 
(Science Gossip, p. 79 (1867).) 
“ $ . Fawn-coloured, stoutly built; abdomen with golden-coloured 
pubescence. Legs stout, paler than the body, tarsi darker; radial and 
sub-apical veins with long forks, wings cinereous, veins tawny, slightly 
pilose. 
Length. —lines. 
Habitat .—British Columbia.” 
Note.—I cannot find the type of this species. 
