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Similar but the abdomen with yellow 
apical bands as well.. sinensis. Theobald. 
aa. Legs with basal pale bands. 
Abdomen brown with median grey line 
and small pale apical lateral spots; 
ungues of ? simple ...... plegipennis. Theobald. 
Abdomen with basal pale bands; wings 
with mottled scales; fore and mid ? 
ungues uniserrate.... australiensis. n. sp. 
acta. Femora and tibiae with yellow spots ; tarsal 
banding involves the joints. 
Anterior § thorax pale scaled, shading into 
silvery-white ....... quasigelidus. Theobald. 
aaaa. Legs unbanded. scapidaris. Rondani. 
Leucomyia gelida. Theobald (1901). 
Culex gelidus. Theobald (1901). 
Mono. Culicid. II., 20 (1901); III., 180 (1903), Theobald; Journ. Phil. 
Sci. I., 9, 987 (1906), Banks; Mono. Culicid. IV., 372 (1907), Theobald; 
Mosq. Philip. Isis., 9 (1908), Ludlow; Rec. Ind. Mus. II., pt. iii., 
No. 30, 298 (1908), Theobald. 
Ceylon; India ; Straits Settlements; Philippine Islands; 
Sarawak. 
Additional localities. —Pangasinan, Camp Gregg, Bayambang, 
P. I. (W. P. Chamberlain in Banks); Calcutta (Annandale); 
Katihar, Purneah, N. Bengal; Sylhet, Assam (Major Hall) ; 
between Bolpore and Bampore Haut, E. I. Railway, Bengal 
(C. A. Paiva) ; Kalattupuzba, W. base of W. Ghats, Travancore, 
19. xi. 08 (Annandale) ; Bhogaon, Purneah Hist., N. Bengal, 
30. ix. 08 (C. A. Paiva) (5 ); i. x. 08 (2); 3. x. 08 (2) ; 7. x. 08; 
Madras Town, 30. x. 08 (2); 31. x. 08 (1); Calcutta, 3-4. viii. 07. 
(N.A.) 4; 5. viii. and 9. viii. 07 ; Travancore; Coastal Region, 
5. xi. 08 (Annandale); Ernakulam, Cochin State, Malabar, 
4. xi. 08 (Annandale); Rajshai, E. Bengal, 1-6. ii. 07 (N.A); 
Rangoon, Burma, 25. ii. 08 (N.A.). 
Time of Capture. —August, September, October, November 
and December in Calcutta ; A ugust and October, Purneah. 
Observations .—Annandale records it as “ not uncommon in 
houses and at light and in the open on shrubs at Calcutta.” 
Paiva records it from railway carriages. 
