Dec, 1906.] Dyar and Knab : Larvae of Culicid^. 2 1 1 



name the species for Miss Mary Carmody, who has done excellent 

 and faithful work in drawing the mouth parts of larvae, and is withal 

 a most amiable young lady. 



Culex extricator, new species. Fig. 29. 



The antennal tuft arises near the middle, but has a distinct notch ; 

 the head hairs are in threes or fours; air tube much tapered on outer 

 half, the tufts weak ; body shortly hairy, the spicules not much elong- 

 ated. The lateral hairs are in twos after the second abdominal seg- 

 ment. Lateral comb of the eighth segment well developed. Anal 

 gills bluntly rounded. 



Collected by Mr. Busck in a bucket used to keep live crabs at 

 Cedros, Trinidad. The adults were named "Culex pipens L" by 

 Mr. Coquillett. 



Culex declarator, new species. Fig. 30. 



Antennal tuft placed well outward, the member all dark. Head 

 hairs in fours; bodv pilose ; lateral hairs in twos after the second ab- 

 dominal segment. Air tube five times as long as wide, the pecten 

 reaching one-third. Lateral comb of the eighth segment large ; anal 

 gills short and blunt. 



Collected by Mr. Busck in a lagoon pool far from habitation on the 

 south coast of Trinidad. The adults were named "Culex pipiens L " 

 by Mr. Coquillett. 



Culex proclamator, new species. Fig. 31. 



Antennal tuft at the outer third, the member dark; head hairs in 

 threes; body pilose; tracheae broad. The subdorsal hairs of the ab- 

 dominal segments are very long. Air tube five times as long as wide, 

 strongly tapered outwardly, the apical third nearly straight; pecten 

 very long and running to one-half. 



Collected by the junior author at Santa Lucrecia and Almoloya, 

 Mexico; Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 



The adults were named "Culex} salinarius Coq.' ' and "Culex? secu- 



tor Theob 



Culex inquisitor, new species. Fig. 32. 



Antennal tuft well outward, the whole member dark ; head hairs 

 in threes; lateral abdominal hairs in twos after the first segment. 



