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barely perceptible pale basal bands, and brilliant triangular snowy lateral — 
spots. Proboscis black, with a broad snowy band. 
&. Head white, with two broad lateral bands of black, imbricated 
scales cutting off a large median triangular patch on the nape. Proboscis 
spatulate, black, with a broad snowy band beyond the middle. Palpi 
equalling the proboscis in length, basal joint minute, the next two very 
long and sub-equal, the last two also sub-equal, but very short, entirely 
black, except the last joint, which is snowy. Antennae quite as long as 
the proboscis, the hairs of its verticils exceptionally long and dense. ‘The 
knee spots are barely perceptible, but each femur shows a distinet broad 
white garter about a quarter of the length from its tip. Pleurae with 
snowy spots; halteres entirely pale. Scutellum with pale brown scales ; 
venter dark grey, with white basal spots. 
Length.—4 mim. 
FHabitat.—Shahjahanpur, N.W.P., India, in October. 
CULEX BRBVIPALPIS. Giles. 
Stegomyia brevipalpis. Giles.* 
(Handbk. Gnats or Mosq., 2nd ed., p. 384, 1902.) 
The following is Giles’s description :— 
Wings unspotted, black scaled, those on the costa peculiarly long 
and thorn-like, especially in the male; distal veins very long and narrow. 
Tarsi unbanded, black. Abdomen black, not noticeably banded.  Palpi 
of ¢ about two-thirds the length of the proboscis, uniformly fuscous. 
This curious little mosquito is at once one of the smallest and 
blackest of the family, and closely resembles a sandfly common in the 
same locality. Some females show signs of lateral white abdominal spots 
and of an apical fringe to the segments, and there are white specks on the 
pleurae and coxae in both sexes. The male presents several peculiarities, 
the curvature of the nape consisting of a broad median area, clothed with 
yellow upright forked and narrow curved scales. ‘lhe paipi are exception- 
ally short, and much resemble those of a female Anopheles in form; the 
antennae, on the other hand, are well nigh as long as the proboscis. ‘The 
abdomen is very narrow in front, gradually widening to the sixth segment, 
resembling in this respect C. annulatus, Schrank. In both sexes the 
venter is rather pale cinereous. The fore and mid & ungues are 
unsymmetrical, with each claw provided with a minute basal accessory 
tooth. Those of the hind legs are small, simple and symmetrical. In the 
2, the apices of the femora are light coloured. 
Taken at Shahjahanpur, N.W.P., India, in October, in the house. 
The ¢ bites during the day. 
The types are deposited in the British Museum collection. 
* T have examined these and find they are not Stegomyia but typical 
Culex, ‘ 
