236 A Monograph of Culicidae. 
This genus is separated from Culex on account of the peculiar 
and characteristic lateral scales on the abdomen, which give the 
insect a ragged appearance. 

a. 
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c 
Fig. 124, 
Easioconops potcilipes n.sp. (9.) 
a, Side view of abdomen ; b, lateral abdominal scales ; ¢, cross-veins. 
A single species only at present occurs, L. igen from 
West Africa. The ¢ is unknown. 
LASIOCONOPS POICILIPES. 0. sp- 
Anterior half of thorax with ashy-grey and chestnut-brown 
scales, the former towards the edge of the pale area, posterior 
part of the thorax dark brown, with brown scales. Abdomen 
black, with basal white bands; proboscis brown, with a pale 
median band. Legs deep brown, the femora mottled with creamy 
scales, the tibiae with a row of pale spots, metatarsi and tarsi 
