Genus Culex. 
323 
the genus, and 21 of doubtful position. Some of the latter it 
is impossible to identify from the brief descriptions. It has 
been impossible to work up anything like a complete table, but 
roughly the majority of banded legged species, etc., tabulate as 
follows :— 
A. Wings spotted. 
Spots along costa like And^les .................... mimeticus. Noe. 
AA. Wings unspotted. 
a. Proboscis banded (1 band). 
(3. Legs banded. 
7 . Legs with tarsi basally banded. 
5. Abd 6 men with basal bands and often 
lateral basal spots, 
e. Thorax no special ornamentation. 
£. Thorax with narrow-curved 
golden or golden - brown 
scales. 
e. Abdomen with lateral 
white spots as well as 
bands. 
Leg bands yellow; 
fork-cells rather small. 
Large species .. microannulatus. 
Theobald. 
Similar, but fork - cells 
long; small species ... birdi. Theobald. 
Thorax deep brown and fawn- 
coloured scales forming a 
pale curved area on each side gnojphodes. 
Theobald. 
Abdomen basally banded but no 
lateral spots. 
Abdomen narrow basal 
yellow bands, last seg¬ 
ments with apical and 
basal banding; head 
with ocbreous scales, 
no white flat lateral 
ones; fore ungues 9 
equal and simple ; 
unequal, toothed . vishnui. Theo¬ 
bald. 
Abdomen with narrow 
basal bands only; hind 
legs with basal band¬ 
ing very faint, darker 
than ^ ishnui . annulus. Theo¬ 
bald. 
