194 A Monograph of Culicidae. 
Abdomen black, with black scales and basal white bands 
a few pale scales on the apical borders of the segments, pale 
scales on the first, and scattered over the second and last two 
apical segments; venter mostly pale scaled, with black lateral 
median patches. 
Legs brown, pale yellow towards base and beneath the femora ; 
femora and tibiae mottled with yellowish-white scales, also the 
metatarsi, tarsi unbanded ; ungues of all the legs equal and uni- 
serrated ; the apex of the femora is creamy white on all the legs. 
Wings with typical brown Culex scales, but the costa, sub- 
costal and bases of the veins mottled with white scales as well ; 
first sub-marginal cell longer and narrower than the second 
posterior, its stem equal to two-thirds the length of the cell, its 
base slightly nearer the base of the wing; stem of the second 
posterior also equal to about two-thirds oe length of the cell ; 
posterior cross-vein not quite its own length distant from the 
mid cross-vein ; halteres clothed with grey scales. 
Deanathaoks 3 mm. 
Habitat. Dartford, Kent. 
Time of capture.—October. 
Observations.—Very closely related to C. nigripes, but differs 
in the pale scaled area at the base of the proboscis, in the 
markedly speckled legs and costal border. 
A single 9 only so far taken by Mr. Terry, which flew to 
him with evident intent to suck blood. 
CULEX SYLVAE. Theobald. 
(Mono. Culicid. IT., p. 96.) 
This is, I feel sure, not a variety of C. nigripes, but a distinct 
species. The hind ungues are equal and simple. 
CULEX PALUS. ‘n. sp. 
Thorax reddish-brown, with traces of dusky lines; pleurae 
ochraceous. Abdomen dusky-brown, with narrow basal grey 
bands, last segment unbanded ; venter grey. Legs brown, un- 
banded ; venter and base of femora grey ; knee-spot and apex of 
hind tibiae grey. Wings of 2 with similar venation to fatigans. 
Male palpi black, traces of one pale basal band only. 
@. Head brown, with very small narrow-curved dull golden 
scales and black upright forked scales on the occiput, small flat 
