a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...
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CULICINI 171<br />
painful biters and <strong>the</strong> numb pain and swelling which follow<br />
probing lasts for hours; at dusk it is very active and makes<br />
persistent efforts to enter dwellings in search <strong>of</strong> blood.” It is<br />
distributed t,hroughout <strong>the</strong> western United States and Canada,<br />
extending eastward beyond <strong>the</strong> Mississippi.<br />
CULEX PILOSUS Dyar and Knab<br />
Mochlostyrax pilosus Dyar and Knab, Jl. N.Y. Ent. Sot., 14,<br />
223. 1906.<br />
Mochlostyrax cubensis Dyar and Knab (not Czllex cube&s<br />
Bigot), Jl. N.Y. Ent. Sot., 14, 223. 1906.<br />
MochZostymx jloridanus Dyar and Knab, Proc. Biol. Sot.<br />
Wash., 19, 171. 1906.<br />
C&x agitator Dyar and Knab, Jl. N.Y. Ent. Sot. 15, 100.<br />
1907.<br />
Culex deceptor Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc. Colls., Quart.<br />
Iss., 52, 257. 1909.<br />
CuZex redactor Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc. Colls., Quart.<br />
Iss., 52, 257. 1909.<br />
CuZex ignobilis Dyar and Knab, Proc. Ent. Sot. Wash., 11, 39.<br />
1909.<br />
CuZex mastigia Howard, Dyar and Knab, Mosq. No. and Cent.<br />
Am. and W.I., 3, 426. 1915.<br />
CztZex (Moclzlostyrax) curopinensis Bonne-Wepster and<br />
Bonne, Ins. Ins. Mens., 7, 177. 1920.<br />
Eenzale. Length 2.5 mm. ; wing 2.3 mm. Proboscis long, slender,<br />
black with slight bronzy reflections. Palpi short, black, <strong>the</strong> tips yel-<br />
lowish. Vertex clo<strong>the</strong>d with numerous broad, flat, white and bronzy<br />
scales, and many erect large, black, forked ones, Cheeks white scaled<br />
and a row <strong>of</strong> white scales along margins <strong>of</strong> eyes. Mesonotum brown,<br />
with numerous, small, curved, bronzy-brown scales and rows <strong>of</strong> stout<br />
bristles. Abdomen dorsally with numerous broad, flat black scales<br />
with a coppery or bluish reflection; lateral margins <strong>of</strong> segments with<br />
basal, triangular white spots ; venter black scaled with broad basal<br />
bands <strong>of</strong> white scales. Wings with brownish scales. Legs slender,<br />
black with bluish and bronzy reflections. Femora pale beneath.