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occiput clothed with broad appressed whitish scales surrounding a patch of 

 broad appressed dark scales. Erect forked scales numerous, those on central 

 portion of occiput pale. Thorax: Integument of scutum black, clothed with 

 narrow yellow-orange scales dorsally, becoming dark bronzy-brown laterally; 

 anterior margin and prescutellar space golden-yellow scaled; frequently a pair 

 of narrow, rather indefinite, longitudinal submedian lines of golden-yellow 

 scales origmating at the outer margins of the prescutellar space and extending 

 forward nearly the full length of the scutum. Posterior pronotum clothed with 

 narrow dark bronzy-brown scales. Abdomen: Tergites dark scaled, with narrow 

 basal bands of white to yellowish-white scales and central patches of yellowish- 

 white scales, the central patches frequently extending to the apical margins of 

 the segments; a broad patch of white scales present on each tergite laterally. 

 Venter primarily white scaled, with intermingled dark scales. Legs: Femora 

 and tibiae black scaled, speckled with white; white knee spots present. Hind 

 tarsi black scaled, with broad white basal rings on segments 1 to 4 and with 

 segment 5 entirely white; fore- and mid-tarsi black scaled, with white basal 



Fig. 105. Larva of Aedes mitchellae (Dyar). A, Comb. 

 B, Terminal segments. C, Pecten tooth. D, Head. 



