Dec, ; 1906.] DyarandKnab: Larv^ofCulicid^. 219 



s^m-nt in threes on the third to fifth, in twos and mnch longer on 

 the sixth. Air tube 7x1, the pecten not reaching one-third, short. 



Anal gills short. ■ . 



Collected by Mr. Busck on Tobago Island, the larvae in bamboo 

 joints. They were brought to Washington alive, but failed to mature . 

 Culex tarsalis Coquillett. 



Culcx tarsalis Coquillett, Can. ent., xxviii, 43. ^9^- 

 Culex kelloggii Theobald, Can. ent., xxxv, 31 1, 1903- 

 Culex tarsalis Dyar, Proc. ent. soc. Wash., vi, 40, 1904. 

 Steoomyia (?) tarsalis Blanchard, Les Moustiques, 265, 1905- 



We have the species from three widely separated localities, Stan- 

 ford University, Cal. (MacCracken) . Victoria, B. C. (Dyar) Urbana, 

 111 (Knab) The larvae differ perceptibly; especially the Calif ornian 

 ones have a shorter, darker air tube and a thicker labial plate ; but we 

 do not esteem the differences to be of specific value. 

 Culex secutor Theobald. Fig. 49- 



Culex secutor Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 321, 1901. 

 Culex secutor Blanchard, Les Moustiques, 300, 1905. 

 Culex secutor Dyar, Journ. N. Y. ent. soc., xm, 26, 1905. 



Dr Grabham has kindly sent us the larva, from Cinchona Jamaica. 

 They represent a distinct species, which has not come to us from any 

 of the other islands or the mainland. 



Culex lamentator, new species. Fig. 50. 

 Antennae with the tuft but slightly beyond the middle, dark; head 

 hairs in threes ; body granular, subspicular ; lateral hairs in twos after 

 th first s-n^t;tra-ae3ebr3xd. Air tubs 6 x i, with six tufts along 

 posterior line; pecten reaching a little over one-fourth. Lateral 

 comb of the eighth segment large; gills moderate. 

 " Collected bv Mr. Busck in a hollow palm trunk in the! San Francisco 

 Mts San Domingo. It was named "Culex secutor Theob. by Mr. 

 Coquillett; it should be regarded as a distinct, but allied species, re- 

 presenting the Jamaican form in San Domingo. 



Culex microsquammosus Theobald. 

 *** microsawmmosus Theobald in Grabham, Can. ent., xxxvii, 407, -W. 



Dr Grabham gives the larval characters in presenting Mr. Theo- 

 bald's description. The species is from Jamaica. 



