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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mitchellae (Dyar) 



Culex milchellae Dyar, 1905, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 13:74. 



ADULT FEMALE. — Medium sized species. Head: Proboscis dark scaled, 

 with a rather broad white-scaled ring at middle; palpi short, dark, with tips 

 white scaled and frequently with a few white scales at basal third. Occiput 

 dorsally with a rather broad longitudinal stripe of pale yellow to golden-yellow 

 lanceolate scales, the stripe broader posteriorly, narrowed anteriorly and project- 

 ing forward between the eyes; a submedian patch of narrow dark bronzy-brown 

 scales present on either side of the median pale-scaled area; lateral region of 



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Fig. 104. Aedcs mitchelll (Dyar). A, Hind leg. B, Palp and 

 proboscis of female. C, Male lerminalia. 



