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Wings covered along the veins with deep brown typical Culex 
scales; fork-cells rather short, the first sub-marginal a little 
longer, but no narrower than the second posterior cell ; its stem 
equal to rather more than one-third of the length of the cell, its 
base a little nearer the base of the wing than that -of the latter ; 
stem of the second cell about two-thirds the length of the cell ; 
posterior cross-vein nearly three times its own length distant 
from the mid cross-vein. Halteres with a fuscous and grey stem 
and pale ochraceous knob. 
Length .—4 mm. 
£. Palpi deep brown, the penultimate joint with a small 
spot at the base of a pure snowy white, the two apical joints are 
about equal, rather long and with black hair-tufts, the long 
antepenultimate joint has a narrow pale ring basally and is 
hairy at the apex, ground colour ochraceous, which when the 
palpi are denuded in parts give them a pale banded appearance ; 
antennae banded dark brown and grey, plume-hairs deep brown ; 
proboscis deep brown, with a narrow pale band on the apical 
half. 
Thorax as in the 9 > abdomen with the second segment 
mostly grey scaled and the other segments more distinctly 
banded and with more distinct lateral spots, densely hairy with 
golden-brown hairs. 
Fore and mid legs with small apical banding, hind with the 
banding as in the 9 > the last tarsal joint rather pale; fore and 
mid ungues unequal, the larger one uniserrated, the hind equal 
and simple. 
Length— 4 to 4*5 mm. 
Habitat .—Jamaica (Grabham) (111). 
Observations .—Described from two 9’ s an( l two $’s sent by 
Dr. Grabham. The specimens were bred from larvae sent by 
Mr. Harris from Cinchona, 4900 feet. “ I have also caught it,’’ 
says Dr. Grabham, “in Kingston, where it is especially abundant 
after the heavy autumnal rains, also an energetic bloodsucker. 
The insects follow one about in a regular cloud.” 
Dr. Grabham also sends the larvae and pupae. 
It is a very distinct species which can at once be told by the 
thoracic ornamentation and the peculiar banding on the legs. 
Culex nigripalpus. n. sp. 
Head grey ; thorax chestnut-brown ; abdomen almost black, 
unbanded, grey ventrally; proboscis almost black; palpi longer 
than proboscis, black, last two joints with black hairs, acuminate ; 
legs dark brown, unbanded. 
£ . Head dark brown, the middle clothed with very small 
narrow golden curved scales, the sides with flat greyish scales, 
