Genus Culicada. 
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length of the cell; posterior cross-vein about its own length 
distant from the mid. Membrane slightly tinged with yellowish. 
Halteres with pale stem and fuscous knob. 
Length .—6 mm. 
Time of capture. —3. x. 07. 
Habitat. —Obuasi, Ashanti (Dr. Graham). 
Observations. —One 9 caught in bush, 5 p.m. A very marked 
Culicada, easily told by the basal central pale abdominal spots. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Culicada aurifer. Coquillett (1903). 
Culiselsa aurifer . Coquillett (1903). 
Oulex aurifer. Coquillett (1903). 
Canad. Entomo. XXXV., 255 (1903), Coquillett; Mono. Culicid. 
IV., 351 (1907), Theobald. 
United States. 
Culicada pretans. Grossbeck (1904). 
Culex pretans. Grossbeck (1904). 
Enfco. News., 332, Dec. (1904), Grossceck; Mono. Culicid. IV., 353 (1907), 
Theobald. 
United States; Alaska. 
Culicada trichura. Dyar (1904). 
Culex trichura. Dyar (1904). 
N. Y. Ent. Soc. Journ. 12, p. 169 (1904), Dyar; Mono. Culicid. 
IV., 357 (1907), Theobald. 
United States. 
Culicada diversa. Theobald (1902). 
Culex diversus. Theobald (1902). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 73, ? (1901); IV., 359 (1907), Theobald. 
England, Tunbridge Wells; Mew Forest; Wye ; Great 
Avonmouth, Bristol; Woodford Green, Essex. 
Additional locality. —Shrewsbury, England (Richard F. L. 
Burton). 
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