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Genus Culex. 
patch of dark scales in the centre and long golden hairs, and the 
second with a patch of basal ochraceous scales ; posterior edges 
of the segments with golden hairs; venter deep ochraceous, 
covered with creamy coloured scales. 
Legs with the femora with scattered dark brown and dusky 
yellow scales above, pale yellowish-grey below and at the sides, 
with a distinct row of bristles on the under surface, tibiae 
covered with brown scales with a slight ochraceous reflection, a 
faint yellowish spot at the apex ; fore metatarsi and bases of the 
first two front tarsi with narrow yellow basal bands, a trace of 
one being seen on the third tarsal also in some specimens ; the 
Fig. 121 . 
A, Wing, and Aj, proboscis of Culex annulirostris, Skuse*; B, of Culex 
sitiens , Wied. 
mid legs very similar ; hind legs without any basal banding ; 
hind tibia a little longer than the metatarsus; ungues equal, 
simple. 
Wings with the veins covered with short and long brown 
scales ; the first sub-marginal cell longer and slightly narrower 
than the second posterior, its base nearer the base of the wing 
than that of the latter; posterior cross-vein twice its own length 
distant from the mid cross-vein. 
Halteres with stem pale at the base, remainder and knob 
fuscous. 
Length .—3 mm. 
Habitat, — Taipang, Perak (Wray) (22. 11. and 21. 12. 1899). 
