Genus Cule.v. 
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Culex; both fork-cells short, the first sub-marginal longer and 
narrower than the second posterior, its base nearer the base of 
the wing than that of the second posterior cell; stem of the 
sub-marginal equal to about one-third the length of the cell, 
stem of the second posterior more than two-thirds the length of 
its cell; posterior cross-vein about its own length distant from the 
mid cross-vein. Halteres with a pale reddish-brown stem, slightly 
darker knob, covered with dull creamv-brown scales. 
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Length .—5 mm. 
Habitat .—-Hong Kong, Shanghai (Lindesay, per Giles) ; China 
(Wiedemann). 
Time of capture. —October. 
Observations .—Redescribed from a single 9 sent me to see 
by Lt.-Col. (files and in his collection. 
The species was described by Wiedemann from China. A 
specimen so labelled in the British Museum collection is not this 
species, and is too denuded and broken to take any notice of, 
except to point out that it was not vagans. 
This banded-legged species has very short fork cells in the 9 > 
which, together with its basal white abdominal bands, long white 
lateral spots and curious yellow reflections on the legs, will at 
once separate from all known Chinese species. 
Lt.-Col. Giles, in notes on the species sent me, points out that 
the basal joints of the antennae are whitish ; upon microscopic 
examination T find this is due to some white powder dusted over 
the specimen. 
The specimen was taken by Captain Lindesay. 
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42. CuLEX CAECUS. 31. Sp. 
(Fig. 77, PI. XX.) 
Thorax dark brown, with bright tawny curved scales ; pleurae 
chestnut-brown with three distinct white patches. Abdomen 
dark blackish-brown, with narrow basal whitish bands. Legs 
dark blackish-brown, with narrow basal white bands. Scutellum 
with rather broad scales to the lateral lobes, and at its base and 
the head with distinct dark lateral patches. Fore and mid 
ungues of 9 uniserrated. 
9 . Head with pale greyish scales in the middle, with 
numerous long upright black forked scales, a black patch on 
each side bordered with creamy scales, which pass down the sides 
