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It breeds in temporary rain-filled pools and flooded areas, and is known to 

 occur from April to October in the southern states (4th Sv. C. Med. Lab. 

 records, 1942-1944, unpublished). 



PsoROPHORA (Grabhamia) pygmaea (Theobald) 



Gramhamia p\^gmaea Theobald, 1903, Men. Culic, 3:245. 



ADULT FEMALE. — Rather small species. Head: Proboscis dark scaled, except 

 for a very broad median whitish band; palpi short, dark, with a few white 

 scales at apices. Occiput clothed dorsally with narrow pale-yellow scales and 

 numerous erect forked scales; the forked scales of central region usually pale, 

 others dark. Occiput clothed laterally with broad flat whitish scales surround- 

 ing a small black-scaled patch near eye margin. Thorax: Integument of scutum 

 dark brown to blackish, clothed with fine narrow pale-yellow to golden-brown 

 scales. Abdomen: First tergite white scaled. Remaining tergites dark basally, 

 white apically, the apical white bands wider medially than laterally; VI and VII 

 often entirely white-scaled. Venter primarily whitish scaled, speckled or spotted 

 with dark scales. Legs: Pale knee spots present. Femora largely pale on inner 

 surfaces, the outer surfaces dark, speckled with pale scales; each femur with a 



Fig. 84. Male lerminalia of Psorophora pygmaea (Theobald). 



