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bristles dull brown, short, apex pubescent. Legs deep brown ; 
the coxae very pallid and also the venter of the femora; the 
metatarsi and tarsi with somewhat dull ochraceous reflections 
ventrally. Ungues small, equal, and simple. 
Wings densely scaled towards their apices with rather short, 
thick, brown scales (as in C. atratus, mihi) ; fork-cells rather 
short, first submarginal cell longer and narrower than the second 
posterior cell, base of the latter if anything a little the nearer 
the base of the wing; stem of the first sub-marginal equal to 
about half the length of the cell; stem of the second posterior 
as long as the cell; posterior cross-vein slightly curved in the 
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Fig. 307. 
Culex rima. n. sp, 
a, Wing of ? and a 1 and a 2 , wing scales ; b, clypeus. 
middle, nearly three times its own length distant from the mid 
cross-vein ; fringe brown, very dark at the apex of the wing. 
Halteres with ochraceous stem and fuscous knob. 
Length .—2*8 mm. 
Habitat. —Old Calabar. 
Time of capture. —April. 
Observations. —Described from three 9 5 s« A. small species 
with very distinct abdominal ornamentation. In two the thorax 
is paler brown. It is closely related to the little black Culex I 
call Culex atratus , common in Jamaica. The peculiar wing scales 
and general facies of these two species will necessitate their 
removal from Culex, but I am waiting for more material, as I 
have only received one £ ( C . atratus) of this group. 
