Genus Uranotaenia. 
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Synonymy .—The species described by Williston under the 
name Haemagogus splendens is undoubtedly only Fabricius’ Culex 
cyaneus from South America, the “ lateral white lines on the 
abdomen ” described by Fabricius being the lateral white spots 
which may appear confluent. 
Culex cyaneus. Fabricius. 
Haemagogus splendens. Williston. 
(Syst. Anti. 35, 9, Fabricius; Dipt. Exot. p. 8, Wiedemann.) 
“ Blue, with a white line on the sides of the abdomen. Of the size 
and figure of 0. pipiens. Head blue, proboscis black; thorax blue; 
abdomen flat, with lateral white lines. Legs very long, black, with 
copper-coloured tibiae. Antennae fuscous.”—(Fabr.). 
From Wiedemann it seems the abdomen is steel-blue, with white 
lateral lines, the venter and bases of the femora silvery. 
Length. —3r lines. 
Habitat. —S. America. 
Genus . 18. —URANOTAENIA. Arribalzaga. 
(Dipt. Argentina, p. 63.) 
Closely related to Aedes, but usually more brilliantly 
coloured and stouter in form. 
Palpi two-jointed, short in both male and female. Head 
clothed with flat scales, forked upright ones may or may not 
be present; antennae fourteen-jointed, pilose in the female, 
Fig. 270. 
Head of an Uranotaenia. 
plumose in the male ; proboscis swollen at the apex, with hairs 
along the apical portion, especially prevalent in the male. 
Thorax clothed with narrow curved scales, and rows and patches 
of flat scales ; scutellum with flat scales on the mid or lateral 
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