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CULICIDAE 85<br />

3. Claspette not bilobed, triangular in outline; side piece<br />

with scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . crucians ’<br />

Claspette bilobed ; side piece without scales . . . . . . . . . . . .4<br />

4. Processes <strong>of</strong> ninth tergite long, sharply pointed ; dorsal<br />

lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette with two stout, blunt spines, fused<br />

at <strong>the</strong> base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .zclalkeri ’<br />

Processes <strong>of</strong> ninth tergite short or long, blunt or ex-<br />

panded at tip ; dorsal lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette not as in 4 . . . .5<br />

5. Dorsal lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette with two blunt, stout spines,<br />

fused at apex; processes <strong>of</strong> ninth tergite expanded<br />

at apex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . quadrimacz~latzrs c ”<br />

Dorsal lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette with free, pointed spines ; pro-<br />

cesses <strong>of</strong> ninth tergite not expanded at apex . . . . . . . .6<br />

6. Dorsal lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette with three sharply pointed<br />

spines ; leaflets <strong>of</strong> mesosome three pairs; processes<br />

<strong>of</strong> ninth tergite very long and bluntly rounded at<br />

apex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wmulipennis -’<br />

Dorsal lobe <strong>of</strong> claspette with two sharply pointed<br />

spines ; leaflets <strong>of</strong> mesosome four pairs; processes<br />

<strong>of</strong> ninth tergite short, curving outward . . .pu~~ctipewis<br />

ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS Sav<br />

CzrCex pzuzcti/wwzis Say, Jl. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 3, 9. 1823.<br />

Atzopheles fierplexetzs Ludlow, Can. Ent., 39, 267. 1907.<br />

Fmde. Length about 5 mm.; wing 5-5.5 mm. Proboscis slender,<br />

densely clo<strong>the</strong>d with small appressed scales, black with a bluish<br />

lustre. Palpi nearly as long as <strong>the</strong> proboscis, slender, brownish-black.<br />

Antennae filiform, second joint long and thickened, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r joints<br />

shorter, sub-equal, brownish-black. Occiput clo<strong>the</strong>d with numerous<br />

erect, elongate triangular black scales on <strong>the</strong> sides and rear; creamy<br />

white scales on <strong>the</strong> vertex. Mesonotum elongate, blackish-brown on<br />

<strong>the</strong> sides, a broad grayish median stripe broken by a short median<br />

brown line on <strong>the</strong> posterior half. Vestiture <strong>of</strong> pale yellowish hairs,<br />

<strong>the</strong> anterior more scale-like. Pleurae variegated with blackish gray<br />

and white scales. Abdomen blackish with numerous pale and black<br />

hairs. Wings (PI. VIII, 4) clo<strong>the</strong>d with black and yellowish scales,<br />

<strong>the</strong> yellowish scales being arranged as follows :-a large patch at

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