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

158 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA
in the middle, narrowly brown at the sides, the cheeks with broad,
flat, pale scales; numerous, erect, narrow white scales present.
Mesonotum black, bronzy-brown scaled at the sides, the broad cen-
tral area with golden-yellow scales (there is frequently a blending
of these scales.) Abdomen black, segmental basal bands and a nar-
row median line white; venter white variously intermingled with
black scales. Wing scales narrow, brown to black. Legs black, the
femora and tibiae sprinkled with white scales; tarsi with prominent
basal bands of white, the last joint of the hind legs entirely white.
Male hypopygiu?lz. “Side-piece large, slightly conical at tip ;
basal lobe a slightly elevated circular area of rather long hairs from
distinct tubercles. Claspette stem moderate, straight ; filament longer
than the stem, rather broadly sickle-shaped. Clasper distinctly swol-
len on the basal two-thirds, with long terminal spine. Tenth sternites
with thickened margin and tip, the terminal tooth laterally directed.
Ninth tergites small, with about five spines, the outermost seta-form.”
(Dyar, 1928.)
Larva. “Head rounded, bulging at sides; head hairs single, ante-
antenna1 tuft in six. Antennae rather long, spined, with a tuft near
the middle. Lateral comb of the eighth segment of rather many
scales in an irregular double row. Air-tube about four times as long
as wide, only slightly tapering outwardly, the pecten not reaching the
middle, followed by a seven-haired tuft. Anal segment longer than
wide, ringed by the plate, ventral brush posterior. Dorsal tuft
a long hair and brush on each side; lateral hair single, small. Anal
gills about as long as the segment, pointed.” (Dyar, 1928.)
This species is recorded from southern Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas. I have a number collected in the Oke-
fenokee Swamp in June. Very little is known about the spe-
cies.
NOTES ON Aedes SPECIES NOT INCLUDED HERE
The following species of Aedes are not described because
they are rare, some known by only a few specimens, and some
of them are of doubtful validity. A. allevti Turner (probably
only a variety of A. triseriatus) ; A. cacmothius Dyar (known
from female only, probably A. communis) ; A. cycZocercl&s
Dyar (of doubtful validity) ; A. go&zus Dyar (known from
female only, doubtful species) ; A. grossbecki Dyar and Knab
(a rare species,, I have taken only one specimen) ; A. lzexo~o~