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A Monograph of Culicidae. 
Protoculex (?) dupreei. Coquillett (1904). 
Canad. Entomo. XXXVI., 10 (1904), Coquillett; Mono. Culicid. IV., 466 
(1907), Theobald. 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ; Mew Jersey. 
Genus BANKSINELLA. Theobald (1907). 
Mono. Culicid. IV., 468 (1907). 
Five species are now described in this genus, and three well 
marked varieties of the type species, luteolateralis , Theobald. 
The species tabulate as follows :— 
a. Wings not adorned on costa, but with yellow 
and dark areas on the veins. 
/8. Proboscis unbanded. 
Thorax with a golden-yellow stripe 
on each side 1 .. .. luteolateralis* Theo¬ 
bald. 
Thorax all golden . chrysothorax. n. sp. 
(5(3. Proboscis with a distinct pale band. 
A pale area at base of wings. taeniarostris. n. sp. 
aa. Wings with marked black and yellow areas 
on the costa, resembling an anopbelete ... punctocostalis. n. sp. 
aaa. Wings uniform. 
Thorax silvery anterior half, bright brown 
behind, abdomen metallic purple. metallicus. Theobald. 
* The three varieties of luteolateralis may be known as follows :— 
Thorax with broad silvery lateral stripes 
and four narrow parallel median ones : 
abdomen with basal lateral spots, not 
bands . pallida. Theobald. 
Thorax with broad white lateral stripes 
and a white scaled median area; 
abdomen with basal median curved 
spots J . albothorax. Theobald. 
Thorax with the lateral creamy stripes 
widening anteriorly and meeting be¬ 
hind bead; abdomen with basal pale 
bands .. circumluteola. Theobald. 
