Genus Mucidus . 
Psorophora cilipes. Fabricius (1885). 
Culex cilipes. Pabricius (1885). 
Syst. Anti. 34, 3 (1805), Fabricius. 
North America. 
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Genus MUCIDUS. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Cnlicid. I., 268 (1901). 
Seven species have been described in this marked genus, 
representatives occurring in India, East Indies, Africa and 
Australia. 
The species tabulate as follows :— 
A. Proboscis with ochreous, yellow and some 
black scales. No apical white band. 
a. Wing fringe with 8 pale spots. 
/3. Stem of second posterior cell shorter 
than the cell . alternans. Westwood. 
/3/3. Stem of second posterior cell longer 
than the cell; thorax with two 
dark eyelike areas... scataphagoides. Theobald. 
act. Wing fringe with 7 pale spots . mucidus. Karsch. 
aaa. Wing fringe with 5 pale spots . africanus. Theobald. 
aaaa. Wing fringe with 4 pale spots between 
veins....... grahamii. n. sp. 
AA. Proboscis with a white band at apex. 
Wing fringe 8 pale spots, no dark markings 
on thorax. 
Hind tarsi with basal white bands... sudanensis. Theobald. 
Hind tarsi with apical white bands... laniger. Wiedemann. 
Mucidus alternans. Westwood (1835). 
Culex alternans. Westwood (1835). 
Culex commovens. Walker (1848). 
Culex hispidosus. Skuse (1889). 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. IV., 681 (1835), Westwood; Mono. Culicid. I., 269 
(1901); III., 134 (1903); IV., 162 (1907), Theobald; Ann. Queensland 
Mus., No. 8, 18 (1908), Bancroft. 
Queensland; New South Wajps; Natal (Walker) ? and New 
Guinea. 
