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median patch of narrow brown scales and a few brown erect forked scales 

 bordering the median pale area on either side; lateral portion of occiput clothed 

 with broad appressed dingy-yellow scales, often surrounding a small patch of 

 broad dark scales. Thorax: Integument of scutum blackish; a broad longitudinal 

 stripe of golden-brown lanceolate scales present medially; most of remainder 

 of dorsal surface of scutum, including prescutellar space, clothed with yellow 

 lanceolate scales; lateral margins dark bronzy-brown scaled, particularly on 

 anterior half of scutum. Scales of posterior pronotum brown, lanceolate. 

 Abdomen: First tergite white scaled, remaining tergites each basally, laterally 

 and medially white, with a pair of large quadrate submedian patches of dark 

 scales. Venter white scaled. Legs: Femora and tibiae dark on outer aspects, 



Fig. 106. Larva of Aedes nigrcmaculis (Ludlow). A, Comb scale. B, Terminal 

 segments. C, Apical peclen tooth. D, Median pecten tooth. E, Head. 



