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Abdomen with the basal bands pure white, narrower than in 
the 9 an d densely hairy, the hairs being deep golden-brown ; 
there are no traces of apical pale patches. Wing bare, just as in 
the 9 5 hut the fork-cells are shorter, the stem of the first sub- 
•n a///- 
Fig. 137. 
a, Palpus, and b, apex of antenna of Culex 
hirsutum. n. sp. (d*). 
marginal being as long as the cell, that of the second posterior 
considerably longer, and the supernumerary and mid cross-veins 
meet at a more acute angle. Ungues of the fore and mid legs 
unequal, the larger with a single tooth about the middle, the 
smaller simple ; hind ungues equal and simple. 
Length .—4 to 4'5 mm. 
Habitat. —Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. A. K. Marshall) (79). 
Time of capture .—February and March. 
Observations .—Described from a series sent to the British 
Museum by Mr. Marshall; a distinct banded-legged form, easily 
told when fresh by the thoracic ornamentation and the ab¬ 
dominal apical spots in the 9 • 
