Carpenter et al.: Mosquitoes of Southern U. S. 203 



chusetts (52); Nebraska (128); New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York 

 (52); New Mexico (9); Oklahoma (159); Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and 

 Texas (52). 



BIONOMICS. — The adults are strong fliers and often migrate in large num- 

 bers to communities located many miles from their breeding places. The 

 females are fierce biters and will attack any time during the day or night. Aedes 

 sollicitans breeds in saltmarshes in coastal areas but also occurs in inland 

 brackish water swamps, particularly in oil fields. 



Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen) 



Culex siiciiciis Meigen, 1838, Sysl. Beschr. Eur. Zweifl. Ins., 7:1. 

 Aedes hirsuieron Dyar, 1928, Mosq. of Americas, 173. 



adult female. — Medium sized species. Head: Proboscis long, dark 

 scaled; palpi short, dark. Occiput clothed dorsally with narrow pale yellow 

 scales and yellowish erect forked scales; occiput clothed laterally with broad 

 appressed yellowish scales surrounding a dark-scaled patch. Thorax: Integu- 

 ment of scutum dark-brown to black, clothed with pale yellow lanceolate 

 scales, except for a broad median longitudinal stripe of fine narrow gold'^n- 

 brown scales; this median stripe about one-third as wide as scutum, originating 

 near anterior margin and extending to the pale-scaled prescutellar space; a pair 

 of short submarginal stripes of fine golden-brown scales present on either side 

 of the prescutellar space and extending forward to near middle of scutum. 

 Posterior pronotum with golden-brown lanceolate scales on dorsal half. Abdo- 

 men: Tergites dark scaled, each with a narrow basal white band (occasionally 

 lacking) which broadens on either side into a basal triangular white patch. 

 Venter primarily white scaled, the apices of the terminal segments usually 

 speckled with dark scales. Legs: Femora I and II dark scaled on outer aspects, 

 speckled with pale scales, the inner surfaces pale; femur III mostly pale scaled, 

 dark apically. White knee spots present. Legs beyond femora dark scaled, but 

 with a pale streak extending down one side of tibiae and first segment of tarsi. 

 Wing: Scales narrow, dark. 



adult male. — Coloration similar to that of female, but with dorsal abdom- 

 inal white bands broader and dark scales usually more prevalent on the venter. 

 TERMINALIA (Fig. 109A) Lobes of ninth tergite (IXT-L) about as long as 

 broad, rounded or truncate apically, separated by a little less than the width of 

 one lobe, each bearing several stout spines. Tenth sternite (X-S) prominent, 

 heavily sclerotized beyond middle. Phallosome (Ph) broadly conical, about 

 twice as long as broad, rounded apically, open ventrally, closed dorsally, lightly 

 sclerotized. Claspette stem (CI-S) rather stout, cylindrical, slightly curved, 

 pilose, extending to posterior margin of basal lobe; claspette filament (Cl-F) 

 about two-thirds as long as stem, broad, blade-like, tapering to a recurved tip. 

 Basistyle (Bs) about three times as long as width across middle, rounded at 

 apex, clothed with scales and long setae on outer aspect; basal lobe (B-L) large, 

 quadrate, bearing numerous short setae on apical portion and a dense tuft of 

 longer setae subapically, this subapical tuft adjacent to a large recurved basal 



