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(USNM; selection of Stone and Knight 1956a: 223). BIONOMICS: Larvae in temorary
rainpools
15. Aedes (0.) quasiserratus (Theobald, 1907) [= serratus]. TYPE: 9, Red
Hills (St. Andrew), June and 10 July 1906, Lord Walsingham and M. Grabham;
also Brazil (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary rainpools].
16. Aedes (0. ) tortilis (Theobald, 1903). TYPE: 9, Kingston (St. Andrew),
Aug, M. Grabham (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary rainpools].
17. Aedes (0.) auratus Grabham, 1906 [= tortilis]. TYPE: Cr, ?, larva,
Kingston (St. Andrew), date not specified, M. Grabham (NE). BIONOMICS:
Larvae in temporary rainpools.
18. Aedes (Finlaya) uncatus Grabham, 190’7 [= mediovittatus]. TYPE: Lectotype
Cr with genitalia slide (210), Waverley Estate, Constant Spring (St. Andrew)
or woods above Rockfort (Kingston), date not specified (USNM; selection
of Stone and Knight 1956a: 226). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in treeholes].
19. Aedes (Howardina) inaequalis (Grabham, 1907). TYPE: Lectotype $
with genitalia slide, Kingston (St. Andrew), date not specified, M. Grabham
(USNM; selection of Stone and Knight 1956a: 219). BIONOMICS: Larvae in hollow
trees (chiefly Anona alustris) by the seashore.
20. Aedes (H.) + aureostriatus Grabham, 1906) [= inaequalis]. TYPE: d, 9,
pupa, larva, Newcastle (St. Andrew), elev. 4000 ft, summer and autumn 1905,
Col. Loscombe and Miss Maclaverty (NE). BIONOMICS: Larvae in bromeliads.
21. Aedes (H.) aurites (Theobald, 1907) [= inaequalis]. TYPE: ?, Newcastle
(St. Andrew), elev. 4000 ft, July, Col. Loscombe (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae
in bromeliads].
22. Aedes (H.) stenei Thompson, 1956. TYPE: Holotype d (45090211) with
associated larval skin and male genitalia slide, near Hope Farm, just above
Porus, on road to Mandeville (Clarendon), elev. about 1000 ft, Sept 1945, G.A.
Thompson (USNM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in epiphytic bromeliads. Females
are fierce biters, especially in the shade of bromeliad-laden trees.
‘23. Aedes (H.) walkeri (Theobald, 1901). TYPE: Holotype ?, locality, date
and collector not specified (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in epiphytic bromeliads;
very timid, hurrying to the bottom on the slightest provocation; collected at Mavis
Bank (St. Andrew) at elev. of 5000 ft, M. Grabham].
24. Haemagogus (Longipalpifer) equinus Theobald, 1903. TYPE: Holotype
?, lower end of Pound Road, Kingston (St. Andrew), 24 Aug, M. Grabham
(BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in treeholes]. Type taken feeding on a horse.
25. Culex (C.) hassardii Grabham, 1906 [= corniger]. TYPE: d, ?, larva,
pupa, Newcastle (St. Andrew), elev, 4000 ft, Sept 1905, Maj. Hassard (NE).
BIONOMICS: Larvae in a tank, [also in a water barrel].
26. Culex (C. ) subfuscus Theobald, 1907 [= corniger]. TYPE: Holotype $,
Montague [Moneague] (St. Ann), Feb, Lord Walsingham (BM). BIONOMICS:
[Larvae probably in rockholes, treeholes, ground pools or artificial containers].
27. Culex (C. ) janitor Theobald, 1903. TYPE: d, 9, Kingston, date not
specified, M. Grabham (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in crabholes]. Adults
rest in drabholes along the seashore.
28. Culex (C.) similis Theobald, 1903 [= nigripalpus]. TYPE: Holotype ?,
Red Hills (St. Andrew), 2 Mar 1902, M. Grabham (NE ?). BIONOMICS: [Larvae
probably in permanent ground waters or artificial containers]. -
29. Culex (C.) microsquamosus Theobald, 1905 [= ni ripalpus]. TYPE: d,
?, Rio Cobre Canal Dam, near Spanish Town (St. Catherine -Jan , 1905, M.
Grabham (BM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in algae-covered ground pools.