CULISETA INORXATUS 493 



Mr. Thibaiilt has made the following observations in Arkansas : 



" A winter mosquito, quite abundant in season. Bites frequently, pre- 

 ferring to bite horses and cattle to human beings. Very annoying to horses. 

 Bites night or day, mostly evening and night. Breeds in rain-barrels and large 

 and small permanent and transient bodies of water. Seems to prefer open fields 

 to woods. Very early, January, February, March, and April. Not taken after 

 May until October. Also November and December. Larvse and pupae found 

 in February during warm weather. They swarm al)out low weeds at dusk, the 

 swarms composed for the most part of males." 



Culiseta inornatus extends throughout the whole of North America, except 

 the extreme northern or arctic portions, but southward into Mexico and Cuba. 



Beverly, Massachusetts, September 28, 18T0 (G. Dimmock) ; New York (Dr. 

 Felt's cotypes of magnipennis) ; Washington, District of Columbia, April 23, 

 1903 (W. V. Warner) ; Charleston, South Carolina, April, 1913 (K. L. Wat- 

 son) ; Jacksonville, Florida, March 4, 1905 (H. G. Dyar), June 20, 1906 (H. 

 Byrd) ; Havana, Cuba, December, 1903 (J. E. Taylor) ; Mobile, Alabama, 

 March, 1905 (G. Dimmock) ; Agricultural College, Mississippi, April 12, 1903 

 (G. W. Herrick) ; Baton l>ouge, Louisiana, Novem])er, 1902 (J. W. Dupree) ; 

 Dallas, Texas, November 10, 1905 (W. E.. Hinds) ; Paris, Texas, April 7, 1904 

 (A. A. Girault) ; Victoria, Texas, December 12, 1903 (A. W. Morrill) ; Hot 

 Springs, Arkansas, November 26, 1900 (J. J. Curry) ; St. Louis, Missouri, 

 July, 1904 (A. Busck) ; Urbana, Illinois, September 29, 1904 (F. Knab) ; 

 Lawrence, Kansas (J. M. Aldrich) ; Onaga, Kansas (F. Crevecoeur) ; Madison, 

 Wisconsin (S. J. Holmes) ; Brookings, South Dakota (J. M. Aldrich) ; Aweme, 

 Manitoba, May 17, 1904, May 21, 1907, September 27, 1904, October 14, 1904 

 (N. Griddle) ; Eegina, Saskatchewan, October 2, 1900 (J. Fletcher) ; Maple 

 Creek, Saskatchewan, October 30, 1903 (T. N. Willing) ; Carnduff, Saskatche- 

 wan, May 28, 1901 (T. N. Willing) ; Olds, Saskatchewan, August 14, 1902 (T. 

 N. Willing) ; Kinistino, Saskatchewan, July 10 (J. Fletcher) ; Shepard, Sas- 

 katchewan, July 24, 1901 (T. N. Willing) ; Calgary, Alberta (Dyar & Caudell) ; 

 Medicine Hat, Alberta (Dyar & Caudell) ; Laggan, Alberta (Dyar & Caudell) ; 

 Big Fork, Montana (Edith Eicker) ; Dillon, Montana, i\.ugust 4, 1908 (E. A. 

 Cooley) ; Moscow, Idaho (J. M. Aldrich) ; Boise, Idaho, August 1 (C. B. Simp- 

 son) ; Market Lake, Idaho (J. M, Aldrich) ; Klamath Falls, Oregon (Dyar & 

 Caudell) ; Argus Mountains, California, April, 1891 (A. Koebele) ; Los Angeles, 

 California (D. W. Coquillett; H. G. Dyar) ; Eureka, California (A. N. Cau- 

 dell) ; Stanford University, California (Miss I. McCracken) ; Stockton, Cali- 

 fornia (H. J. Quayle) ; San Jose, California, May 13, 1906 ( ) ; Fresno, 



California (E. A. Schwarz) ; Ormsby County, Nevada, July 6 (C. F. Baker) ; 

 Williams, Arizona, May 25 (H. S. Barber) ; Flagstaff, Arizona (H. S. Barber) ; 

 Florissant, Colorado, June 20, 1907 (S. A. Eohwer) ; Boulder, Colorado, Sep- 

 tember (T. D. A. Cockerell) ; Denver, Colorado, August (E. S. Tucker) ; Santa 

 Fe, New Mexico, July (T. D. A. Cockerell) ; Las Vegas, Hot Springs, New 

 Mexico, August 12 (H. S. Barber) ; Mesiila Park, New Mexico, March (T. D. 

 A. Cockerell) ; Fort Mojave, Arizona, March 25, 1911 (J. Henderson) ; Mexico 

 City, Mexico (0. W. Barrett). Also reported from Pecos, New Mexico (Theo- 

 bald) ; Scott, Arkansas (Thibault) ; Albany, New York (Felt). 



This species has been generally known as Culex consohrinus Eobineau-Des- 

 voidy. Messrs. Coquillett and Aldrich have discussed the question of the identi- 

 fication of Desvoidy's species in the pages of the Canadian Entomologist,* the 



* Aldrich, J. M. Do we know Culea; consol)Hnus Desv. ? Can. Ent.. xxxv, 208-210, 1903. 



Coquillett. D. W. Culex consobrinus again. Can. Ent, xxxv, 218, 1903. 



Aldrich, J. M. Culex consobrinus : a rejoinder. Can. Ent, xxxv, 264-265, 1903. 



