Genus Culicada. 
295 
aaa. Legs with basal and apical banding. 
Abdomen basally banded .. morsitans. Theobald. 
Abdomen unhanded, with basal lateral 
white spots. 
Thorax deep brown in middle, 
. with larger pale creamy scales 
at sides; bead brown, with 
median lines of golden scales fluviatilis. Lutz. 
Hind ungues simple. 
Thorax similar; bead with pale 
golden curved scales .. canadensis. Theobald.* 
aaaa. Legs unbanded. 
5. Yellowish species. 
Abdomen all yellow. 
Fork-cells short, normal .. lutescens. Fabricius. 
Fork-cells rather long . quasimodesta. Theobald. 
Abdomen with dark apical bands; 
smaller than above... bicolor. Meigen. 
§5. Not yellow. 
£. Abdomen unbanded. 
e. Hind ungues simple. 
Thorax golden scaled, with two 
median dark bare lines ......... bupengaryensis. Theo¬ 
bald. 
Abdomen with basal median grey-white 
spots and pale lateral basal spots ... mediopunctata . n. sp. 
£££. Abdomen with basal pale bands. 
Ungues all uniserrate. 
Thorax brown, with golden 
scaled line on each side and 
traces of two golden scaled 
lines behind ....... aurifer. Coquillett. 
Thorax with a broad rich brown 
median stripe and a long 
similar coloured patch on each 
side behind from mid meso- 
notum, a narrow pale line 
between them and the mid 
area ..... pretans. Grossbeck. 
Thorax with silvery-grey scales 
at the sides, golden-brown in 
the middle ..... trichura. Dyar. 
Thorax golden scaled, with two 
median dark bare lines ......... diversa. Theobald. 
Thorax golden-yellow scaled,, 
with two broad brown sub¬ 
median lines and a narrow 
median one ... ... lazarensis. Felt. 
* Vide p. 351. This is a Culex. 
