Genus Culex. 
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antennae mostly brown. In the abdomen the segments are 
white for the anterior fourth and the rest black speckled with 
hazel, saving a median triangular hazel area with the apex 
forwards, most distinct on the middle segments; the last 
segment with white scales predominating; ventrally ivory-white, 
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Fig. no. 
Culex spathipalpis, Rondani. 
Male and female ungues. 
Male genitalia (after Ficalbi). 
bluish in places, with traces of black at the sides and also 
to a less extent in the middle, especially on the fourth, fifth 
and sixth segments; more slender than 9 • Ungues of the 
fore and mid legs unequal, both rather thick, the larger with 
two, the smaller with one tooth; hind ones equal and simple, 
thick. 
Length. —9-11 mm. (including proboscis). 
Habitat .—Gibraltar (Major Birt); throughout the greater 
part of Italy and its larger islands (Ficalbi) ; India (Giles). 
Time of capture .—September in Gibraltar. June and July 
in India. 
Observations .—Two 9 specimens of this beautiful species have 
been received from Major Birt from Gibraltar, where it is 
common and troublesome, and is known as the “ Dove Mosquito.” 
Regarding this and another species ( G. pipiens), Major Birt writes 
as follows : * “As a matter of curious interest rather than a 
* Report to Sir Henry Jackson, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Gibraltar 
(September 9, 1899). 
