Genus Culex. 337 
deep coloured, hind very similar, but the banding rather more 
distinct, and the first two tarsal joints with a small apical 
patch of yellow scales ; ungues equal and simple. 
Wings with the veins thickly clothed, with rather long dark 
brown scales, those on the costa and first long vein being broader 
and metallic purple in some lights ; first sub-marginal cell a little 
longer, but the same width as the second posterior ; both very 
long, the former quite one-third the length of the wing, their 
bases nearly equal; the stem of the first sub-marginal cell about 
one-fourth the length of the cell, equal in length to that of the 
second posterior cell; posterior cross-vein nearly its own length 
distant from the mid cross-vein, scales slightly accumulated at 
the bases of the fork-cells. Halteres ochraceous, with deep 
fuscous knob. 
Length .—6 to 6 • 5 mm.; of proboscis, 4 mm. 
$. Head blackish, with curved, spindle-shaped, creamy 
scales, with black upright forked ones behind, ochraceous 
towards the middle, golden bristles in the middle in front, and 
black ones towards the sides : proboscis bright ochraceous, with a 
violet tinge at the apex; antennae banded black and white, and 
with a narrow black band on the white in addition; verticillate 
hairs deep brown, basal joint deep testaceous ; palpi ochraceous 
yellow on the basal half, with two small bands of dark scales, 
the expanded apical portion covered with almost black scales (the 
testaceous ground colour showing through), hair tufts almost 
black (last joint missing). 
Thorax dark brown, covered with scattered, curved, narrow, 
spindle-shaped, creamy scales and a few bronzy ones, almost 
white round the bare patch before the scutellum ; scutellum and 
bare space in front pale ochraceous brown; metanotum pale 
chestnut-brown. 
Abdomen testaceous, covered with deep, dusky-black scales, 
each segment with a basal band of pale yellow scales; first 
segment pale, with a median purple line and purplish-black 
apical border and basal patch, and an apical median patch of 
white and dark scales and long lateral golden hairs; hairs of 
abdomen deep golden brown. 
Legs much as in the 9 5 but the banding is fainter, scarcely 
any trace of it on the last two tarsal joints of the fore and mid 
legs. Ungues black, fore and mid unequal, the large one twice- 
and the small once-toothed on the fore legs ; in the mid the 
smaller one has two teeth, one very thin and pointed. 
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