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single; sutural (e) and trans-sutural (f) multiple; supraorbital usually double 

 or triple. Body densely clothed with long spicules. Upper lateral abdominal 

 hairs usually double or triple on segments I and II, usually triple on III to VI. 

 Comb of eighth segment of numerous scales in an irregular single or double 

 row; individual scale thorn-shaped, with short lateral spinules. Siphon slender, 

 six to seven times as long as basal width; pec ten of numerous teeth on basal 

 third of siphon; individual pecten tooth fringed on one side nearly to tip; about 

 five multiple barbed subventral tufts inserted beyond pecten, with proximal 



Fig. 147. Larva of Culex erralicus (Dyar and Knab). A, Terminal segments. 

 B, Comb scale. C, Head. D, Pecten tooth. 



