Genus Culex . 
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cross-vein more than twice its own length distant from the mid. 
Genitalia with the claspers rather broad and sickle shaped. 
Length .—4” 5 to 5 mm. 
Habitat. — Port Sudan (H. King). 
Observations .—Described from two pinned females and micro¬ 
preparations of the male. It is a very 
distinct species coming in the sitiens 
group, easily told by the broad basal 
abdominal white bands with a few 
scattered black scales on them, the 
whitish pleurae and banded proboscis 
and black antennae. 
The somewhat broad lateral vein 
scales of this and the allied species 
such as sitiens, vishnui, annulirostris, 
alis, etc., and their general uniform 
appearance and banded proboscis make 
it probable that they should be placed 
in a genus to themselves. Culex salsus 
has not been taken at Port Sudan 
anywhere but in one place, namely, 
water pool. 
The specimens were all taken by the resident doctor at the 
Port. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Fig. 153. 
Culex salsus. 6. Theobald. 
Genitalia. 
tub sunk in a salt 
Culex anarmostus. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 170 (1903). 
Gambia ; Free Town. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Culex tarsalis. Coquillett (1896). 
Culex willistoni. Giles (1900). 
Culex ajjinis. Adams (1903). 
Culex pens. Speiser (1904) nov. nom. for ajjinis. 
Canad. Entomo. 43 (1896), Coquillett; Mono. Culicid. IV., 394 (1907), 
Theobald ; Ins. Borse. 148 (1904), Speiser. 
United States. 11 
Speiser re-named Culex ajjinis, Adams, Culex pens, as Stephens 
