AEDES DUPREEI 779 



Tarpum Bay, Eleiithera, 1903 (T. H. Coffin). 



The gpecimens of Aedes ohturhator are stated to have been captured in the 

 woods on Jnly 7. 



AEDES DUPREEI (Coquillett) Dyar & Knab. 



Culex dupreei Coquillett, Can. Ent., xxxvi, 10, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Smith, Ent. News, xv, 49, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Felt, Bull. 79, N. Y. State Mus., 334, 1904. 



Culicada dupreei Felt, Bull. 79, N. Y. State Mus.. 391c. 1904. 



Culex dupreei Smith, Bull. 171, N. J. Agr. Exp. Sta., 38, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Smith, N. J. Agr. Exp. Stat., Rept. Mosq., 281, 1905. 



Grabhamia dupreei Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vii, 48, 1905. 



Culicada dupreei Felt, Bull. 97, N. Y. State Mus., 447, 479, 1905. 



Aedes dupreei Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 195, 1906. 



Ochlerotatus dupreei Coquillett, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent, Tech. Ser. 11, 18, 1906. 



Ochlerotatus dupreei Dyar, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Circ. 72, 4, 1906. 



Culex dupreei Howard, Osier's Modern Medicine, i, 377, 1907. 



Protoculex ? dupreei Theobald, Mon. Culic. iv, 466, 1907. 



Aedes dupreei Thibault, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., xii, 18, 1910. 



Protoculex (?) dupreei Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 402. 1910. 



Aedes dupreei Morse, Ann. Rept. N. J. State Mus., 1909, 719, 1910. 



Ortgixal De.scbiption of Culex nrPREEi: 



Female. Near serratus, but much smaller, the white-scaled median vitta of the 

 mesonotum broader, widening posteriorly where it is wider than the brown lateral 

 portion, etc. Black, the bases of antennae, lower part of pleura, the metanotum, 

 loasal portion of venter, coxae, and femora, yellowish; scales of palpi black, those of 

 occiput white, and with a spot of black ones each side; scales of middle of meso- 

 notum white, those on the sides brown, on the pleura and scutellum white; scales 

 of abdomen brown, those on the basal angles of the segments and on the venter 

 white; scales of femora yellowish, those on front side of first two pairs, and on apical 

 portion of upper side of hind ones, chiefly brown, those of tibiae and tarsi brown; 

 tarsal claws toothed; wings hyaline, lateral scales of the veins narrow and linear, 

 petiole of first submarginal cell about one-third the length of that cell, hind cross- 

 vein about its length from the small; length, slightly over 2 mm. 



Male. Colours as in the female, but the mesonotum nearly covered with white 

 scales; penultimate joint of palpi considerably dilated, the last joint narrow, front 

 and middle tarsi with one tooth under one of the claws, none under the other, petiole 

 of first submarginal cell nearly as long as the cell. 



Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A specimen of each sex received from Mr. J. W. Dupree, 

 after whom the species is named. Type No. 7340, U. S. National Museum. Mr. 

 Dupree writes that the eggs and larvae of this species are very distinct from those of 

 serratus. A small series bred by Dr. J. B. Smith, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 has also been examined. 



Description of Female, Male, and Larva of Aedes dupreei: 



Female. Proboscis rather short, subcylindrical, uniform ; labellae conically 

 tapered; vestiture black; setae curved, minute, black, those on labellae more 

 prominently outstanding. Palpi short, one-fifth as long as the proboscis, black, 

 with sparse bristly setae. Antennae filiform, the joints subequal, distal ones 

 slightly longer, rugose, blackish, pilose ; second joint slightly thickened, pale on 

 basal two-thirds; tori subspherical, with a cup-shaped apical excavation, pale 

 brown, brownish-black on inner side ; hairs of whorls sparse, rather long, black. 

 Clypeus short, broad, rounded in front, convex, black, nude. Eyes black. Occi- 

 put dark brown; vestiture of broad, flat scales, a narrow median line of narrow 

 scales on vertex, silvery-white in the middle and along margins of eyes, black 

 laterally ; some erect, pale, forked scales on the nape ; setae along margins of eyes 

 black, those projecting between the eyes pale. 



Prothoracic lobes elliptical, remote dorsally, dark brown, similarly colored 

 to sides of mesonotum, with dark setae. Mesonotum dark brown, clothed with 

 long, narrow, curved scales, broadly silvery-white in a median stripe from ante- 

 rior edge over the antescutellar space, bronzy-brown along sides of disk. Scutel- 



