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192 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA<br />

Larzja. Length 10 mm. Head rounded, wider than long; an-<br />

temia shorter than <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> head, slightly tapering, spined<br />

all over, a multiple tuft just beyond <strong>the</strong> middle; upper and lower<br />

head hairs multiple; anteantennal tuft multiple. Abdomen robust with<br />

comparatively few hairs and tufts; <strong>the</strong> lateral tufts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first and<br />

second segments multiple, double on <strong>the</strong> third to <strong>the</strong> fifth, and single<br />

on <strong>the</strong> sixth. Lateral comb <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eighth segment <strong>of</strong> six scales in a<br />

row. Anal segment longer than wide, ringed by <strong>the</strong> dorsal plate;<br />

dorsal brush a long hair and a large multiple tuft on each side;<br />

ventral brush well developed reaching <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> anal segment,<br />

Air-tube three times as long as wide, strongly inflated, tapering be-<br />

yond <strong>the</strong> middle. Pecten <strong>of</strong> three to five teeth widely separated on<br />

<strong>the</strong> basal half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tube; tuft a small multiple hair on <strong>the</strong> outer<br />

third.<br />

This species occurs throughout <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn United States<br />

west to Texas and <strong>north</strong> to Illinois and sou<strong>the</strong>rn New York.<br />

It also occurs in Cuba and <strong>the</strong> Bahamas.<br />

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PSOROPHORA POSTICATA Wiedemann<br />

Culex posticatz~s Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. 1, 43. 1821.<br />

Cw!ex ytzz~sicz~s Say, (not Leach) Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.<br />

6, 149. 1827.<br />

Janthisosonza echinata Grabham, Can. Ent., 38, 311. 1906.<br />

Janti&osoma vndzalli Dyar and Knab, Proc. Biol. Sot. Wash.,<br />

19, 134. 1906.<br />

Janthinosoma terminalis Coquillett, U.S. Bur. Ent. Tech. Ser.<br />

11, 8. 1906.<br />

Jazztlhzosowa saJ!i Dyar and Knab, Jour. N-Y. Ent. Sot. 14.<br />

181. 1906.<br />

Jmtlzinosoma sayi Theobald, Mon. Culic., 4, 155. 1907.<br />

Javztlzinosoma coqdlctti Theobald, Mon. Culic., 4, 153. 1907.<br />

Female. Length 5 mm.; wing 4.5 mm. Proboscis slender, brown-<br />

ish-black. Occiput brown shading to yellowish-brown posteriorly,<br />

<strong>the</strong> posterior half with erect, slender, forked, yellow scales and re-<br />

cumbent, broad, yellowish-white scales ; <strong>the</strong> anterior half with a<br />

few scattered whitish scales and brownish hairs. Mesonotum al-<br />

most black, with broad yellowish-brown and whitish scales so blended

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