A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes : giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidæ, together with descriptions of all species noticed up to the present date / by Geo. M. Giles.

  • George Michael James Giles
Date:
1902
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Credit: A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes : giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidæ, together with descriptions of all species noticed up to the present date / by Geo. M. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    68. C. pulchrit arsis, Rondani. Closely resembles the two above species. Tarsal claws of 2 » equal and toothed. Palpi of male banded, but its last joint not all white. 64. C. pulchripalpis, Rondani. Closely resembles the three above species, but has the last joint of A palpi all white. (The form of tarsal claws of ? , is unknown.) 58. CULEX LONGIPALPIS, Van der Wulp (Bijdragen der Midden Sumatra Exped. iv, p. 9). Tarsi dark, with basal white bands, an additional band on the middle of first joint, and the last two joints of all the legs whitish, the white clearest on the hind legs. Thorax red-brown, un¬ adorned. Abdomen nearly black with pale basal (?) bands (“lighter incisurse ”). Proboscis yellowish in the middle but dark at base and apex. Palpi of 2 , as long as the head, and “ two-jointed.” $ .—Generally fuscous. Antennae, dark brown, indistinctly lighter banded. Legs with coxae brownish-yellow, the femora and tibiae clothed with white and black scales so as to give a spotted appearance. Halteres yellow. Anus ferruginous. Length.—4-5 mm. Habitat.—Alahn Pandjang and Scercelangoen. 59. CULEX LEUGACANTHUS, Loew. [Bescha. Europaischer Dipt. Dritter Bd. Plalle (1873)]; “ F. R.” p. 265. Tarsi dark except the last joints, which are all white, and with pale bands on three of the fore and mid, and on four of the hind articulations. Thorax brazen yellow, with two ill-defined darker longitudinal streaks ; abdominal segments black, with basal white bands. Palpi of the S , whitish ; an abundance of whitish hairs on the body, and the internal wing-fringe of the wing charac¬ teristically brilliant white. L.—Head of a pale brassy tint, with nearly black hairs; palpi whitish. Pleurae speckled snow-white. Legs nearly white at the base with a white knee-spot on the tibio-femoral articulation. Length.—Very minute, If lines. Habitat.—Kasan. Note.—This is evidently a very distinct species, but nothing resem¬ bling it has come to hand. 60. CULEX ALRITARSIS, Theob. (Monog. II, p. 25). Tarsi pallid in seme lights, with the last two joints of the hind legs and the apex of the next white; and showing also a