(rsnus Culsx. 
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scattered dark scales; tibiae dark scaled, with a few scattered 
yellow ones ; fore and mid metatarsi basally and apically banded 
with yellow, also the first and second tarsal joints, the third 
faintly so, the fourth entirely dark scaled ; in the hind legs the 
metatarsi are the same, but the remaining joints are absent. 
Ungues simple. 
Fig. 126. 
Cut ex infula. n. sp. 
a, Proboscis ; b, fore leg. 
Wings with a slight yellowish tinge, the veins clothed with 
brown scales, the lateral ones moderately long ; first sub-marginal 
cell narrower and longer than the second posterior cell; the 
posterior cross-vein nearly twice its own length distant from the 
mid cross-vein; all the cross-veins very faint; the root of the 
wing is pallid, but has a distinct round dark spot. Halteres 
with a pale stem and a brownish knob. 
Length. —5 mm. 
Habitat. —Taipang, Perak, Straits Settlements (L. Wray, jun.) 
(22. 11. and 21. 12. 1899). 
Observations. —Described from a single 9 sent by - Mr. Wray, 
unfortunately with the hind tarsi gone. It may at once be 
told from the other “banded proboscis” species by the' small 
vitta just before the apex of the proboscis, as well as the broader 
central one, the basal and apical metatarsal and tarsal banding, 
and the dark round spot at the root of the wings. 
21. CuLEX ANNULIORIS. n. sp. 
Thorax umber-brown, with bronzy-brown and golden-brown 
narrow curved scales, with a few pale scales on each side of the 
mesonotum and scattered over it. Abdomen deep fuscous-brown, 
with basal median triangular creamy spots, and apical lateral 
creamy spots. Proboscis with a broad clear creamy band in the 
middle. Legs brown, femora mottled with pale scales ; pale banded 
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