AEDES SYLVESTRIS 699 



ish Columbia, June 10, 1903 (K. P. Currie) ; Portland, Oregon, July 30, 1906 

 (Dyar and Caudell) ; Center Harbor, New Hampshire, August 23, 1902 (H. G. 

 Dyar) ; Tupper Lake, New York, August 6, 1904 (H. G. Dyar) ; Rochester, New 

 York, June 27, 1901 (W. Y. Ewers) ; Ogdensburg, New York, June 3, 1900 

 (L. 0. Howard) ; Beverly, Massachusetts, June 2, 1876 (E. Burgess) ; Jamaica 

 Plain, Massachusetts, August 25, 1868 ( ) ; Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts, June 28, 1903 (F, Knab) ; Chicopee, Massachusetts, July 8-24, August 

 28, October 6, 1903 (F. Knab) ; Montgomery, Massachusetts, September 10, 



1903 (F. Knab) ; Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, October 14, 1900 (B. G. 

 Wilder) ; Suffield, Connecticut (G. Dimmock) ; Summit, New Jersey, May 17, 

 1901 (La R. Holmes) ; Elizabeth, New Jersey, October 9 (J. B. Smith) ; New 

 Brunswick, New Jersey, August 1 (J. B. Smith) ; Short Hills, New Jersey, 

 May 27, 1906 (N. W. Fenwick) ; Plummer's Island, Maryland, August 19, 1902 

 (H. S. Barber) ; Washington, District of Columbia, August 17, 1900 (W. B. 

 Hinds) ; Del Ray, Virginia, June 8, 1903 (F. C. Pratt) ; Urbana, Illinois, Sep- 

 tember 2, 1904 (F. Knab) ; Rives, Tennessee, July 27, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; 

 Athens, Tennessee, August 21, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; St. Louis, Missouri, Sep- 

 tember, 1904 (A. Busck) ; Flat River, Missouri, October 25, 1906 (T. Per- 

 gande) ; Brunswick, Georgia, March 6, 1911 (G. Coester) ; Jacksonville, 

 Florida, March 2, 1905 (Dyar and Caudell) ; West Tampa, Florida, March 18, 

 1905 (H. G. Dyar) ; Ormond, Florida, March 16, 1905 (Dyar and Caudell) ; 

 New Smyrna, Florida, March 21, 1905 (Dyar and Caudell) ; Corinth, Missis- 

 sippi, August 14, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; Westpoint, Mississippi, August 11, 



1904 (H. S. Barber) ; Clarksdale, Mississippi, July 31, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; 

 Belzona, Mississippi, August 3, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

 November, 1902 (H. A. Morgan) ; Scott, Pulaski County, Arkansas, August 23, 

 1909 (J. K. Thibault, jr.) ; Dallas, Texas, September 15, 1905 (F. C. Pratt) ; 

 Victoria, Texas, May 10, 1904 (E. G. Hinds) ; Alligator Head, Texas, July 10, 

 1901 (J. D. Mitchell) ; Denver, Colorado, August (E. S. Tucker) ; Grand 

 Junction, Colorado, July 23, 1906 (E. P. Taylor) ; Elsinore, Utah, August 6, 

 1907 (E. S. G. Titus) ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 16 (T. D. A. 

 Cockerell) ; Pecos, New Mexico, June 26 (Grabham and Cockerell) ; Tacna, 

 Arizona, April 15 (H. G. Hubbard) ; Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, May 12 (T. 

 D. A. Cockerell). 



The genitalia of A'edes sylvestris are unique among the species of our fauna. 

 Dr. Felt has founded a genus upon them, but it is not supported by other char- 

 acters. The European A'edes vexans Meigen (Culex vexans, Syst. Beschr. europ. 

 zweifl. Ins., vi, 241, 1830; Blanchard, Les Moustiques, p. 309, gives the syn- 

 onymy =articulatits Rondani r= ma?ancB Grassi), as we have long suspected, 

 proves to be identical with our form and both will have to be included under the 

 earlier name, vexans. Mr. F. W. Edwards of the British Museum has recently 

 compared male genitalia of American and European specimens and finds them 

 the same ; the coloration characters likewise agree. Unfortunately it is too late 

 to make the necessary changes and additions in this work, in conformity with 

 its scope. There is also an African representative in A'edes cumminsii (Culex 

 cumminsii Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 214, 1903 ; Culicada mediopunctata Theo- 

 bald, Mon. Culic, V, 304, 1910; Culicada fuscopalpalis Theobald, Mon. Culic, 

 V, 307, 1910; Ochlerotatus cumminsi Edwards, Bull. Ent. Res., ii, 248, 1911), 

 as evidenced by the male genitalia of fuscopalpalis (Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 

 309, fig. 143). As already indicated in our description, the structure of the 

 claws on the hind feet of the female is subject to variation ; it therefore does 

 not serve for specific diagnosis, as employed by Coquillett (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 11, p. 20, 1906). 



