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basal fold (Ib-F) prominent; pilose. Basistyle (Bs) conical, short, about one 

 and one-half times as long as wide, clothed on outer and ventral aspects with 

 setae and numerous large scales; basal lobe (B-L) indistinct, represented by a 

 few stout, apically bent spines and a dense patch of setae covering most of the 

 inner face of the basistyle (this may not be a true basal lobe) ; apical lobe 



Fig. 125. Aedes aeg^pli (Linnaeus). A, B, and C. Hind-, mid-, and fore- 

 legs, respectively. D, Scutum and scuteilum. E, Male terminaiia. 



