Genus Culex . 
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Habitat .—Sylhet, Assam (Major Hall); Lushai Hills, Assam 
(E. C. Macleod); Calcutta ; Lungleb. 
Time of capture. —Calcutta in December ; Lushai Hills, June ; 
Lungleb, July. 
Observations. —Described from two 9’s and three £ ’s. A 
small obscure species easily told by its unbanded abdomen and 
only to be confused with Culex fuscocephala , Theob., described 
from Ceylon, but the latter has a dark fuscous head and there 
are no basal lateral pale spots. 
Types in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
Culex fragilis. Ludlow (1903). 
Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. XI., 142 (1908); Mono. Culicid. IV., 4 24 (1907) ; 
Mosq. Philip. Isis. 10 (1908), Ludlow. 
Oras, Samar, Philippine Islands. 
Type in Army Medical Museum, Washington, D.C. 
Culex yaripalpus. Coquillett (1902). 
Culex varipalpis. Blanchard (1905). 
Canad. Entomo. XXXIV., 292 (1902). 
Arizona. 
Type in the National Museum, Washington. 
Culex subfuscus. Theobald (1907). 
Mono. Culicid. IV., 403 (1907). 
Moncague, Jamaica, W.I. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Culex nigrithorax. Macquart (1847). 
Dipt. Exot., 2nd supp., 9 (1847), 6 , Macquart; Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S- 
Wales (2), III., 1744 (1899), Skuse ; Handbk. Gnats, 828 (1900), Giles. 
Thorax black; abdomen fuscous, with whitish incisurae; 
legs rufescent; proboscis black ; palpi and antennae brownish ; 
thorax and pleurae rather dull black; abdomen with the anterior 
border of the segments yellowish-white; last segment and 
copulatory armature black; venteq* with whitish hairs; legs 
rather bright tawny; extremity of femora brownish; posterior 
