. Genus Protoculex . 
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Genus PROTOCULEX. Felt (1904). 
Bull. 79, Ent. 22, N.Y. St. Mus., 391, d. App. (1904), Felt. ; Mono. Cnlicid. 
•IV., 463 (1907), Theobald. 
No new species have been added to this genus as far as I am 
aware. 
The three species tabulate as below 
Thorax in £ and ? with a median stripe. 
Thoracic stripe broad, silvery ... serratus. Theobald. 
Thoracic stripe narrow, creamy ............... quasiserratus. Theobald. 
Thorax in £ with dense pale scales all over. dupreei. Coquillett. 
Protoculex serratus. Theobald (1903). 
Culex serratus. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Cnlicid. II., 45 (1901), III., 191 (1903); IV., 464 (1907), Theobald. 
Fig. 174. 
Ovum of Protoculex serratus. Theobald (after Peryassu). 
Widely distributed in the United States; Trinidad ; Brazil; 
British Guiana. 
The egg has been figured by Peryassu and is reproduced here. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Protoculex quasiserratus. Theobald (1907). 
Mono. Cnlicid. IV., 465 (1907). 
Red Hills, Jamaica ; Brazil. 
Type in the British Museum. 
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