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148 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA<br />

black scales; first tarsal segments with black and whitish scales<br />

evenly intermixed; second to fourth hind tarsal segments black with<br />

narrow basal and apical white rings, <strong>the</strong> fifth almost entirely yel-<br />

lowish; fore tarsi with <strong>the</strong> last three segments black, <strong>the</strong> second<br />

with a narrow basal white ring; mid tarsi with <strong>the</strong> last two segments<br />

black, <strong>the</strong> second and third with narrow basal and apical white spots.<br />

Wings with black and white scales, <strong>the</strong> white ones predominating.<br />

Male hypopygiunz. (Fig. 3, Pl. XIV.) Side-pieces nearly three<br />

times as long as wide; apical lobe small, rounded, and bears stout,<br />

long setae; basal lobe convex, rounded, densely setose, a long hooked<br />

spine on <strong>the</strong> outer basal margin and several straight spines nearby,<br />

smaller but nearly as long. Clasper long, medianly expanded. Clas-<br />

pette with stout, curving, cylindrical stem, setose, with several larger<br />

sub-apical setae ; filament short, ligulate, slightly expanded at <strong>the</strong> mid-<br />

dle. Mesosome short, cylindrical, narrowed apically, widely open<br />

along <strong>the</strong> ventral side, closed on <strong>the</strong> dorsum and at <strong>the</strong> base. Lobes<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ninth tergite very short, heavily chitinized, and each bears<br />

five to seven short, stout spines.<br />

Larva. Head rounded, about as broad as long; upper head hairs<br />

in threes, lower single and large. Antenna spinose, <strong>the</strong> tuft at <strong>the</strong><br />

middle. Lateral comb <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eighth segment a patch <strong>of</strong> many scales.<br />

Air-tube about three times as long as wide, conically tapered, pecten<br />

reaching somewhat beyond <strong>the</strong> middle, <strong>the</strong> last tooth stouter and a<br />

little more distantly placed than <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, followed by a four-<br />

haired tuft. Anal segment with <strong>the</strong> dorsal plate reaching about <strong>the</strong><br />

middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> side. Ventral brush large with small tufts preceding<br />

<strong>the</strong> barred area. Anal gills small.<br />

The distribution <strong>of</strong> this species is not well known. It oc-<br />

curs from Minnesota west to Washington and <strong>north</strong> to Hucl-<br />

son Bay and Yukon Territory. Very little is known <strong>of</strong> its<br />

habits or biology. The females bite by day or night whenever<br />

one invades <strong>the</strong>ir haunts.<br />

AEDES NIGROMACULISLUDLOW<br />

Grabhamia ~zigromaczdis Ludlow, Geo. Wash. Univ. Bull. 5,<br />

85, 1907.<br />

Gmbhanzia grisea Ludlow, Can. Ent. 39, 130. 1907.<br />

Female. Length 5.5 mm.; wing 4.5 mm. Proboscis long, black,<br />

with a narrow ring <strong>of</strong> white near <strong>the</strong> middle. Occiput brown with

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