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154 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA
tuft multiple. Abdomen with lateral tufts, on segments one and
two multiple, on three, four, five and six double. Lateral comb
of the eighth segment of many scales in a patch. Anal segment
longer than wide, dorsal plate reaching near the ventral line; ven-
tral brush well developed with two or three small tufts before the
barred area; dorsal tuft of one multiple tuft and a long hair. Anal
gills about as long as segment, tapering, blunt at tip. Air-tube stout,
about three times as long as wide; pecten reaching almost to middle,
the teeth uniformly spaced, followed by a tuft of about six hairs.
Distribution. From Georgia to Arkansas, south to the Gulf
of Mexico. Although this species was, described by Dyar and
Knab in 1910, nothing was known of its, habits or life history
till Bradley discovered the larvae in a ground pool under a tree
at Mound, Louisiana, in May, 1924. He found the adults in
numbers resting in hollow trees and logs. The species is thought
to be single brooded.
AEDES DUPREEI Coquillett
Czrlc-zr dz~preei Coquillett, Can. Ent., 36, 10. 1904.
Female. “Proboscis moderate, dark brown. Occiput and pro-
thoracic lobes with dark brown scales, the former with a large area
of silvery scales at the vertex. Mesonotum dark brown, with broad
median silvery line the whole length. Abdomen black above with
lateral basal segmental triangular white spots; venter whitish, the
tips of the segments more or less blackish. Legs black with bronzy
reflections. Wing scales narrow, dark.” (Dyar, 1928.)
Male hypopygium. (Fig. 3, PI. XV.) Side-pieces over twice as
long as wide; apical lobe distinct, narrowly finger-shaped, with a few
fine setae; basal lobe long, expanded distally, densely setose on the
apical portion and a medium-sized spine on the cephalic margin.
Clasper long, medianly expanded. Claspette with a slender columnar
stem, finely setose; filament long, narrow, ending in a fine point.
Mesosome short, more or less cone-shaped, widely open on the ven-
tral side, closed on the dorsum and at the base. Lobes of the ninth
tergite small, narrow, and each bears four to five short spines.
Larva. “Head rounded, bulging at the sides; upper head hair
single, lower double, anteantennal tuft in three. Antennae rather
long, smooth, a single hair at the middle. Lateral comb of the eighth
segment of about seven scales in a straight row. Air-tube rather
long and slender, about five times as long as wide; pecten running