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106 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA<br />

Anal gills well developed, longer than anal segment . .32<br />

32. Lateral abdominal hairs double on <strong>the</strong> first to fifth<br />

segments, single on sixth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ca~~adewsis ’ ‘1, -\ j’ ‘;i<br />

Lateral ahdo,minal hai.rs double on first and second,<br />

single on third to sixth segments . . . . . . . . . .puClatus ’ --<br />

Lateral abdominal hairs multiple on first and second,<br />

double on third to sixth segments . . . . . . . . . . thibazdti ‘;” --<br />

33. Lower head hairs single, upper multiple . . . . campestris ‘* ’ - ~_<br />

Lower and upper head hairs double . . . . . . . . spanzigcr ‘: _ -<br />

Lower head hairs double, upper three or more . Czirsztterolz ‘,I” -J#:-~<br />

Lower head hairs single, upper double . . . . . . . . . . . . .34<br />

34. Lateral abdominal hairs multiple on <strong>the</strong> first, double<br />

on <strong>the</strong> second to <strong>the</strong> fifth, single on <strong>the</strong> sixth segments<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stiwmlam ,’ -<br />

I$? 2 /<br />

Lateral abdominal hairs multiple on <strong>the</strong> first to third,<br />

double on <strong>the</strong> fourth to sixth segments . . . .aldriclzi ‘:. -<br />

AEDES CINEREUS Meigen<br />

Aedes celzeyczts Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Eur. Zweifl. Ins. 1, 13,<br />

1818.<br />

Cfilex zzigrifzrlzls Zetterstedt, Dipt. Stand. 9, 34.5. 1850.<br />

Aed’es fztsczts Osten Sacken, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 3, 191.<br />

1877.<br />

C?Jex pallidolzirfa Grossbeck, Can. Ent. 37, 359. 1905.<br />

Aedcs cijze?pezfs fwmts Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens. 12, 179. 1924.<br />

‘4etJc.s cincrezts Jzemitclcm Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens. 12, 179. 1924.<br />

Fcnznle. Length about 4 mm. ; wing 3-3.5 mm. Proboscis long,<br />

bronzy-brown ; occiput yellowish-brown, clo<strong>the</strong>d with bright yellow,<br />

narrow, curved scales, a black patch each side; many erect, narrow<br />

dark scales on <strong>the</strong> nape; cheeks with many broad, flat, yellow scales.<br />

Mesonotum reddish-brown, uniformly clo<strong>the</strong>d with narrow, curved,<br />

golden brown scales, paler about antescutellar space. Abdomen bronzy-<br />

brown, each segment with a narrow basal band <strong>of</strong> white scales ; at<br />

<strong>the</strong> sides <strong>the</strong>se bands join a continuous lateral yellowish-white stripe;<br />

venter entirely yellowish-white scaled. Wing veins dark scaled. Legs<br />

blackish-brown.

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