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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt:...legs all the joints with broad basal white bands; ungues of the fore, mid, and hind legs equal, thick, uniserrated. Wings with the veins covered with typical brown Culex scales; the first sub-marginal cell longer and narrower than the second posterior cell, its base very slightly nearer the base of the wing, its stem more than half the length of the cell; stem of the second posterior as long as the cell; posterior cross-vein nearly twice its own length distant from the mid; the first and third longitudinal veins darker than the rest. Halteres pale ochraceous. Length.--5 mm. Habitat.--Pretoria (Dr. Theiler). Time of capture.--February and March. Observations.--It is very distinct, and easily identified by the speckled legs and broad basal white banding; the denselyscaled apices of the palpi and the dense scutellar scales are also characteristic. Described from a number of specimens sent by Dr. Theiler (per Col. David Bruce, F.R.S.). Culex Alis. n. sp. Thorax brown, ornamented with brown and pale scales, the latter on each side in front and forming two large pale spots towards the centre of the mesonotum, and also pale in front of the scutellum. Head dark brown, with paler scales, creamy white at the sides; proboscis deep brown, with a median pale band. Abdomen brown, with pale basal bands; legs deep brown, with narrow pale basal bands to the joints; the tibio-metatarsal joint pale on each side. Wings with the fork-cells short, their steins longer than their cells, the base of the first sub-marginal much the nearer to the apex of the wing. 9. Head deep brown, with narrow-curved, pale golden scales and flat white ones at the sides of the head, border round the eyes pale, there are numerous ochraceous, upright forked ones over the occiput; clypeus, palpi and an...