IG INSKCUTOR insciti;e; mrnstruus 



and not the Sierras, and there is a possibility that there is a 

 different species involved, no larvae being known. 



Aedes palustris Dyar. 



This species belongs to the cantans group, but it is distin- 

 guishable as adult by the large number of white scales on the 

 wings which invade even the fifth vein. Normally, the abdo- 

 men is basally banded with white scales and a few apical white 

 scales also; but a marked variety occurs in which there is a 

 complete line of white scales down the back. I propose to 

 designate this by the new name pricEi, in honor of Mr. W. W. 

 Price, the proprietor of Fallen Leaf Lodge, to whom I am in- 

 debted for many kindnesses. The variety pricei has a very 

 marked appearance, quite strongly suggesting .mgromaculis 

 Ludlow, riparius Dyar & Knab, or euedes Howard, Dyar & 

 Knab, but to which it is not allied. Type number for the va- 

 riety pricei, No. 21043, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



The larva has a long tube and lives in grassy marshes. These 

 larvae were in the marsh near Tallac referred to under hexo- 

 dontus, and there Mr. Price assisted me to secure several. They 

 were also in the meadow pool near the end of Fallen Leaf 

 Lake referred to under increpitus. Several larvae were found 

 in the Little Yosemite Valley in a pool which was flooded with 

 rain at the time but was apparently originally a grassy meadow 

 pool. Adults were flying in the high mountains about Gold 

 Lake, south of Clio. Here the species palustris and increpitus 

 were separated, there being no river or wave pools about Gold 

 Lake and only river pools at Clio. Elsewhere, at Yosemite 

 and Fallen Leaf, the species flew together. 



Specimens before me, referable to palustris, were taken as 

 follows: Little Yosemite Valley, May 20 to June 2, 1916 (H. 

 G. Dyar) ; Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, California, June 3 

 to 24, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Lily Lake, Lake Tahoe, California, 

 June 16, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake, Sierra County, Cali- 

 fornia, July 20, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake Camp, Plumas 

 County, California, July 19 to 21, 1916 (H. G. Dyar). 



Aedes vexans Meigen (syhrstris Theobald). 



This widely spread mosquito occurred rarely in the Yose- 



