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Thorax dusky-brown, covered with scattered, curved, golden- 
brown scales and three rows of black bristles ; when denuded 
there are seen a dark median and lateral lines and the bristle 
bases as small dark spots ; scutellum brown with creamy scales ; 
metanotum deep brown; pleurae paler than the dorsum, with 
patches of white scales. Abdomen covered with duskv-brown 
scales, with narrow basal bands of white scales and the posterior 
borders with golden hairs ; the two basal segments have the basal 
white bands enlarged in the middle in some specimens, the other 
segments also have this slightly developed ; ventrally the abdomen 
is chiefly covered with white scales. The abdomen looks deep 
brown, with grey basal bands under a hand-lens. 
Legs brown, with metatarsi and some of the tarsi with 
a Head of Culex Vishnui. n. sp. ; b, head of Culex microannulatus. n. sp. ; c, fore 
ungues of the d Culex Vishnui ; d, fore ungues of the d Culex microannulatus. 
minute basal yellow bands, fore legs with the femora covered 
with black and a few white scales and a wdnte ring at the apex ; 
tibiae covered with dark scales, yellowish-w'hite at the apex ; meta¬ 
tarsus and first three tarsal joints dark with narrow yellowish 
basal bands, last joint paler; mid legs similar ; hind legs with 
the base and apex of tibiae narrowly pale, also the metatarsi 
and first two tarsi; last tw T o tarsi unhanded, or faintly so, dark 
scaled, ungues equal, simple. 
Wings covered with rather long brown scales, first sub¬ 
marginal cell narrower than the second posterior cell, the stems of 
both shorter than the forks; posterior cross-vein about three 
times its own length distant from the mid cross-vein. 
Halteres ochraceous, with a few black scales at the top. 
Length.—h mm. 
