Genus Melanoconion. 
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Wings with the scales dark; first fork-cell longer and 
narrower than the second, its base nearer the base of the wing, 
its stem rather more than half the length of the cell; stem of 
the second posterior about as long as the cell; posterior cross-vein 
more than thrice its own length distant from the mid. 
Length .—2 • 5 mm. 
Habitat. —Trincomalee, Ceylon (Green). 
Time of capture. —x. 07. 
Observations. —Described from a single perfect 9 • A general 
dark-coloured species with pale abdominal bands coming near 
M. pallidipes, Theobald. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Melanoconion indecorabilis. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 241 (1903). 
Para, Brazil. 
Additional locality. —Fort Screven, Ga, U.S.A. (Ludlow). 
Type in the British Museum. 
Melanoconion melanurus. Coquillett (1902). 
Culex melanurus. Coquillett (1902). 
Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. X., 193 (1902), Coquillett; Mono. Culicid. 
IV., 510 (1907), Theobald. 
New Hampshire, New Jersey. 
Additional localities. —New Hampshire (Dyar); Fort Munroe, 
Ya.; N. York Harbour, N.Y., Washington Barracks, D.C. ; 
Fort Strong, Mass.; Fort Williams, Me. (Ludlow). 
Melanoconion spissipes. Theobald (1903). 
Mono. Culicid. III., 242 (1903). 
Trinidad. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Melanoconion ornatus. Theobald (1905). 
Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. III., 100 (1905); Mono. Culicid. IV., 508 (1907), 
Theobald. 
Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, New Guinea. 
Type in the National Museum, Budapest. 
