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A Monograph of Culicidae. 
The description of the type is here given as a matter of 
interest; no mention is made of the most important characters. 
“ C. argyropus, n. s. fem. Niger, argenteo micans, pedibus argenteo 
maculatis et cinctis, alis subfuscis, marginibus anticis nigris. 
“Body black; mouth full half the length of the body; feelers shorter 
than the mouth; sides of the chest with silvery spots; legs black, very 
long; a silvery spot on each thigh, near the tip, which is also silvery, as 
are those of the shanks and of the joints of the feet; wings slightly 
tinged with brown; their fore borders black ; veins dark brown, thickly 
fringed with black hairs; poisers dark brown. 
“ Length —of body, 2^ lines; of the wings 5 lines.” 
New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 
Note. —A more recent examination of the type convinces me 
this species must be excluded from Uranctaenia. 
