378 A Monograph of Culicidae. 
Legs deep brown ; fore and mid ungues unequal (apparently 
uniserrate). 
Wings with the vein scales shorter and broader than in the 
9 ; first fork-cell longer and narrower than the second, its stem 
about half the length of the cell; stem of the second about two- 
thirds the length of the cell; posterior cross-vein more than twice 
its own length distant from the mid, sloping backwards. 
Genitalia with a simple clasper, with a distinct flange-like 
process on one side, foliate plate large and broadly expanded. 
Length. —4-8 mm. 
Habitat .—Accra (Dr. Graham). 
Time of capture. —19. vi. 08. 
Observations .—Described from a perfect 5 and c£ taken in 
latrines. Quite a distinct Culex, which can easily be told by the 
ornate thorax and marked genitals of the male. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Culex luteola. nov. sp. 
Thorax brown with an ochreous tinge, grey behind. Abdomen 
brown and ochreous. Legs ochreous. Wings with ochreous veins. 
Pleurae bright ochraceous, very small. 
9 . Head black with ochreous and brown upright forked 
scales, pale narrow-curved scales and small flat lateral grey 
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Eig. 172. 
Wing of Culex luteola. ?. n. sp. 
scales ; chaetae brown; clypeus deep brown ; antennae and palpi 
brown. 
Thorax deep brown, clothed with small narrow-curved ochreous 
scales which at the back of the mesonotum become grey and 
then pass on to the scutellum ; metanotum bright brown ; pleurae 
brown. 
Abdomen metallic black, clothed with dull ochreous brown 
scales and long pale border-bristles. 
