a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...
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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