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hairs of the first segment and at the apices of the others pale yellow ; 

 scales of femora and on posterior side of tibiae pale yellow, remaining 

 scales of tibiae and those on the tarsi black, front tarsal claws toothed ; 

 wings hyaline, lateral scales of the veins long and narrow, hind crossvein 

 about its length from the small crossvein, petiole of first submarginal cell 

 three-fifths the length of the cell; length, 4.5 mm. 



Three specimens, collected June 22 and 25, by Dr. H. G. Dyar. 



Habitat.— Centre Harbour, N. H. 



I have also examined two males and two females from Lahaway, N. 

 J., bred by Dr. J. B. Smith, who writes that the larva is very different 

 from that of iriseriatus. The adult male is similar to the female except 

 that the hairs of the palpi are chiefly whitish, and the dorsum of the 

 abdomen has several yellow scales on the apical half. 



Cidex nanus, new species. — Female. ^eSiX Jamaicensis, hwi much 

 smaller, the light-coloured scales on the tibiae not collected into spots, 

 mesonotum without round spots of yellowish scales, etc. Black, the base 

 of the antenna; except the first joint, a band at middle of proboscis, the 

 halteres and bases of femora yellow ; scales and hairs of ]ial|)i black, 

 appressed scales of occiput golden yellow, the upri^^^ht ones black, scales 

 of mesonotum golden yellow, those of the abdomen black and with a broad 

 crossband of whitish ones on the hind margin of each segment, the last 

 two segments nearly wholly whitish scaled ; scales of venter white, those 

 of femora and tibiae mixed black and whitish, the latter forming a ring near 

 three-fourths the length of each femur, scales of tarsi black, those at narrow 

 bases of the joints whitish, tarsal claws simple ; wings hyaline, the scales 

 mixed black and white, the black ones not collected into spots, lateral 

 scales of the anterior veins narrowly lanceolate, those of the other veins 

 almost linear ; length, 3 mm Four specimens collected at Key West, 

 Florida, in August, 1901, by Mr. August Busck, and six by Mr. E. A. 

 Schwarz, April i to 3, 1903. 



Type.— No. 6893, U. S. National Museum. 



Culex disco/or, new species.— Female. Differs fiom the above 

 description oi nanus as follows : palpi with a cluster of while scales at the 

 apices, upright scales of occiput yellow, whitish crossbands of abdomen 

 prolonged forward in the middle, crossing or almost crossing the segments, 

 scales on posterior side of front and middle tibia; and on anterior side of 

 the hind ones almost wholly pale yellow, first tarsal joint bearing many 

 yellow .scales, black and yellow scales of wings not evenly distributed, the 



